Exploring the southwestern United States

Marcos de Niza: the golden cities that were not there (1539)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: in search of the greatest prize (1540-42)

Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo: traveling the coast of California (1542)

Sebastian Vizcaino: California's first press agent (1596)

Juan de Onate: the New Mexico Colony (1598)

Junipero Serra: a new kind of settlement (1769-82)

Francisco Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Francisco Dominguez: on the road to Monterey (1776-77).