Spanish developer Pedro De Castañeda described the high Plains of Texas as spacious and level.
Pedro De Castañeda was a Spanish explorer and chronicler of the Coronado expedition in what today is Texas. He lived in Vizcaya, Spain, and traveled to Culiacan, Mexico in advance. He wrote his chronicles when the Spanish explorers were looking for the Mythical place of "la Cibola," in 1540. In his chronicles, he described the high Plains of Texas as spacious and level.
