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Oct 1, 2021 · This remarkable volume marks the culmination of more than three decades of research tracing Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s expedition to Tierra Nueva.
- Anderson Hagler
- 2021
In 1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, the governor of Nueva Galicia in western Mexico, led an expedition of reconnaissance and expansion to a place called Cíbola, far to the north in what is now New Mexico.
- Richard Flint, Shirley Cushing Flint
- 2003
- Seeks "Seven Cities of Cibola"
- Coronado and The Spanish Conquistadors
- Discovers Deception
- The "Tiguex War"
- Coronado Foiled Again
- The People
- Coronado Charged with Brutality
- For Further Research
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was born in 1510 in Salamanca, Spain, into a family of minor nobility. He sailed to Mexico in 1535 as a member of the party of Antonio de Mendoza, the first viceroy (one who rules in the name of the king)of New Spain, as Mexico was then called. After arriving in Mexico, Coronado married Beatriz de Estrada, the wealthy ...
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, one of the greatest explorers in history, was a Spanish conquistador. The conquistadors were Spanish military leaders who ruled the New World during the sixteenth century. The first conquistadors were Francisco Pizarro, who conquered Peru, and Hernán Cortés, who conquered Mexico. Antonio de Mendoza, who ruled Mexico a...
Mendoza had long been interested in exploring the territory north of Mexico and was convinced by the friar's storiesthat further exploration might bring him wealth and power. He decided to equip an expedition at royal expense and named Coronado to head the venture. Coronado assembled a force of about three hundred Spaniards and nearly a thousand Na...
In late August 1540 Coronado sent out another party to the east under the command of Pedro de Alvarado. They reached the pueblo of Acoma, perched high on a rock, where the inhabitants gave the Spaniards food. Alvarado then went to the town of Tiguex in the Rio Grandevalley (near present-day Bemalillo). When he reported back that Tiguex had plenty o...
Alvarado then traveled to the east to Cicuye (on the Pecos River), where he captured a Plains Indian (perhaps aPawnee), whom the Spanish named "the Turk." The Turk told stories of the land of Quivira that was ruled by a powerful king and contained abundant quantities of gold. On April 23, 1541, Coronado left Tiguex to find Quivira and headed eastwa...
The story of Coronado is told in The People(1996), a Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television documentary on exploration and discovery in the American West. The program is available on videocassette.
Now completely defeated, Coronado returned to Tiguex in October 1541. Shortly thereafter he was seriously injured in a riding accident and lingered near death for some time. By early 1542 the Spaniards were ready to return to Mexico. They left Tiguex in April and arrived in Mexico City in late autumn. Mendoza was angry that the expedition had not r...
Bolton, Herbert E. Coronado: Knight of the Pueblos and Plains. Albuquerque: University of New MexicoPress, 1964. "Francisco Vásquez de Coronado." http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/coronado.html Available July 13, 1999. Jacobs, William Jay. Coronado: Dreamer in Golden Armor. New York: F. Watts, 1994. The People.Public Broadcasting System,...
Coronado's letter to the King dated on October 20, 1541, indicates that there were seventeen days of travel from the Rio Grande to the place where the Spaniards met the Querecho Indians on the Plains.
Aug 5, 2020 · Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, explorer and governor, son of Juan Vázquez de Coronado and Isabel de Luján, was born at Salamanca, Spain, in 1510. In 1535 he accompanied Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza to Mexico, where he married Beatriz de Estrada; they had one son and four daughters.
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Spaniard whose expeditions in the North American Southwest resulted in the discovery of many physical landmarks but failed to find the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola that he sought. Read here to learn more about Coronado.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, a native of Salamanca (Salamanca province) and son of Juan Vásquez de Coronado and Isabel de Luxán, came from an illustrious family. Francisco accompanied Viceroy Mendoza to New Spain in 1535 and was his trusted protégé.
