Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Spanish, born in Salamanca, ca. 1510, died in Mexico City, 1554. Coronado was governor of New Galicia (contemporary Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico). As such he had already sent out Fray Marcos de Niza on a voyage to the north, to New Mexico. When Marcos returned he told about a wealthy, golden city, called Cibola. Of course this raised Coronado's interest, and he decided to try to get that gold. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300 Ind ...

A Most Famous Failing Francisco Vázquez de Coronado The most famous journey ever made in search of treasures in the New World was led by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Seeking the fabled Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, his expedition of 1,400 men and 1,500 animals found only poor Indian villages, but established Spain's later claim to the entire Desert Southwest. Coronado was born to a noble family of Sal ...

PEOPLE A-C Austin, Stephen F. Bent, William Big Foot Black Kettle Brannan, Samuel Brown, John "Buffalo Bill" Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez Carson, Kit Chivington, John M. Chief Joseph Clark, William Clemens, Samuel Cody, William F. Coronado, Francisco Cortina, Juan Crazy Horse Crocker, Charles Crook, George Cushing, Frank Hamilton Custer, George Armstrong D-H I-R S-Z Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510-1554) Although he failed in his quest for treasure ...