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Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de
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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 Indian allies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans. He followed the coast of the Gulf of California northward to the Sonora, then traveled upstream the Sonora, and crossed the Gila to Cibola, in the west of present-day New Mexico. There he was met by disappointment. Cibola was nothing lik Read More
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Francisco VÁzquez de Coronado (DesertUSA)

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DesertUSA Quick Links Home Animals Deserts Geology Maps Message Board Places to Go People & Cultures Photography Plants & Wildflowers Recipes-Southwest Search DesertUSA Shop Things to Do Travel Reservations Videos What's New Community DesertUSA Blog Forums Desert Talk Readers' Stories Readers' Photos Tools & Downloads Search DesertUSA Free Wallpaper Free E-Cards Podcasts Reservations General Info. About DUSA Advertising Contact Us 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 Southwes Read More
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PBS - THE WEST - Francisco V?zquez de Coronado

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--> 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 V?zquez de Coronado (1510-1554) Although he failed in his quest for treasure to enrich the Spanish empire, Francisco V?zquez de Coronado led one of the most remarkable European explorations of the North American interior. Coronado was born into a noble family in Salamanca, Spain, in 1510. He came to the Americas at the age of twenty-five as an assistant to New Spain's first viceroy. Within three years of Read More
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