Luis de Moscoso Alvarado

[1] Alvarado accompanied his uncle on expeditions to the Americas, where he participated in the conquest of present-day Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.

[1] After returning to Peru,[1] Alvarado and his two brothers decided to work with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

In Spain, apparently, Alvarado made improper use of the wealth he had acquired in Peru, forcing his return to the Americas to recover it.

After consulting with the other leaders, Moscoso decided to abandon the mission to found a colony and take the expedition to New Spain in present-day Mexico.

Alvarado's expeditionary group eventually made it to the Gulf Coast on July 16, 1543, and began sailing westward along the Louisiana and Texas shores.

After sending the letters to the King of Spain, Moscoso Alvarado married his cousin Leonor in Mexico City.