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This Spanish explorer did not explore Texas; he was famous for mapping the Texas coastline. (Alvarez De Pineda) (Francisco De Coronado) (Cabeza De Vaca) (Estevanico) (Hernan Cortez)

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Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda, a mariner, first sighted Corpus Christi in 1519, while mapping the Texas coastland and also visited Galveston Island. Pineda was sponsored by the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, and spent six months mapping the Gulf Coast from northwest Florida to Tampico

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