1840
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A Spanish officer who was sent by the Spanish government to investigate the need for missions in East Texas after Great Britain defeated France in The Seven Years' War in 1763.
Texas. Debatable as to their official status preceding statehood: Hawaii: (However each island was its own 'kingdom' [some had several kingdoms] - so strictly speaking, Hawaii was never unified as a country or nation-state as defined by contemporary standards.) Florida: Specifically, the republic of "West Florida". Never officially organized or designated as an independed entity, it existed for only approximately 10 days. Additionally, "West Florida" was located in modern-day Alabama/Mississippi - only very little or none of the present-day State of Florida was part of this short-lived 'republic'.
After Santa Anna suspendede local powers in Texas and other Mexican states, several rebellions broke out, including one that would be know as the Texas Revolution.
Texas, down on the Queensland/New South Wales border took its name from the nearby "Texas" sheep station, which was the largest landholding in the area at the time when the town was founded in 1842.
He searched Peru, Texas, and South America