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  PBS - THE WEST - Francisco Vázquez de Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Coronado was born into a noble family in Salamanca, Spain, in 1510.
Coronado arrived at the pueblo during the high point of Zuni summer ceremonies.
Coronado sent out parties that ranged all the way to the Colorado River on the present border between California and Arizona, exploring the Grand Canyon and much of what is now New Mexico.
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Coronado was appointed by Mendoza to command the exploration of this area for treasures.
Coronado decided to send out scouting parties that ranged all the way to the Colorado River on the present border of the California and Arizona to parts of Oklahoma and Colorado.
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was teased and ridiculed for his failure.
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 Francisco De Coronado - ... - hoteldelcoronado.grandfatherclocks.be   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Coronado in the Western U.S. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was the Spanish Conquistador who explored the Southwestern part of the United States.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's men were looking for gold for Spain, but the priest had another goal: to convert the Indians.
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 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
He accompanied Antonio de Mendoza to New Spain in 1535; by a brilliant marriage, became a leading grandee, and in 1539 was appointed governor of the province of New Galicia.
Coronado, with a part of this force, captured the "Seven Cities." The fabled wealth, however, was not there.
Here Coronado found a few permanent settlements of Indians; in October he was again on the Rio Grande; and in the spring of 1542 he led his followers home.
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 Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
There he learned of the tales of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca about the Seven Cities of Cíbola, believed to be fabulously rich Native American settlements that were to be found northeast of the province.
Coronado was chosen to head an overland expedition to explore and conquer the region for Spain.
In 1544 Coronado was relieved as governor, and thereafter he lived quietly in Mexico City, where he died on September 22, 1554.
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 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Hawikuh, the unis reacted to Esteban's demand for women and to the rattle with the depiction of an owl on it, which he caried, by killing him and forcing his companions to flee.
The prudent viceroy chose one of his closest friends for the enterprise, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, the governor of Nueva Galicia in western Mexico.
Coronado, a young man of 29 years, financed at least half the expedition himself.
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 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (DesertUSA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
As a young man at court he became friendly with Antonio de Mendoza, and when Mendoza was appointed viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) in 1535, Coronado accompanied him to America as his assistant.
Coronado continued his governorship of New Galicia until he was indicted again, and in 1544, found guilty of corruption, negligence and atrocities against Indians under his authority.
Coronado returned to Mexico City, where he died the same year, decades before his chronicle of the expedition was finally published.
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 Two Discoveries, Two Conquest, and Two Vázquez Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Don Juan, a bastard son of Gonzalo Vázquez de Coronado and Catalina de Anaya, was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1523.
The older son, Gonzálo Vázquez de Coronado, became governor of the province of Costa Rica (Meléndez, 1966: 63).
Don Francisco wrote to the King on October 20, 1541, "I have done all that I possibly could to serve Your Majestic and to discover a country where God Our Lord might be served and the royal patrimony of Your Majestic increased, as your loyal servant and vassal." (Castañeda, et al., 1990: 118).
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 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
In 1540, Coronado was given command of a major expedition comprising nearly 1,400 soldiers, slaves and natives, accompanied by a vast herd of cattle and sheep.
Coronado managed to resume his position as provincial governor, but in 1544 lost that job as a result of his cruel treatment of the natives.
Coronado’s exploits were illustrative of the Spaniards' consuming passion for gold and served as the basis of the Spanish claim to what became the southwestern United States.
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Francisco Coronado: Hernando Cortez: Vasco da Gama: Bartholomew Diaz: Leif Eriksson: Henry Hudson: Ferdinand...
Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de (fränthÄ“s'kō väs'kāth dā kōrōnä'andthstrok;ō) [key], c.1510–1554, Spanish explorer...
He went to Mexico with Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and in 1538 was made governor of Nueva...
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 Discoverers Web: Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Coronado was governor of New Galicia (contemporary Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico).
Pedro de Tovar was sent northwest, and heared of a great river further west.
Hernando de Alvarado was sent east, and found villages around the Rio Grande.
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In 1535 he accompanied Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza to Mexico, where he married Beatriz de Estrada; they had one son and four daughters.
When he returned to Mexico he was subjected to an official examination of his conduct as leader of the expedition and as governor of Nueva Galicia.
Williams, "Coronado, from the Rio Grande to the Concho," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 63 (October 1959).
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 MavicaNET - Coronado, Francisco Vazquez de (1510-1554)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In 1540 Coronado led a huge expedition of around 1000 Spanish and native allies from Compostela, Mexico, north through Sonora and southeast Arizona, to Zuni.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510-1554) was a Spanish ruler, explorer and conquistador.
The viceroy, dazzled by the report of Fray Marcos de Niza of the great wealth of the Seven Cities of Cibola to the north, organized an elaborate expedition to explore by sea.
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 Francisco Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado __ You will find a general overview of Coronado and his accomplishments.
1510 - 1554 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1510.
Francisco Coronado Coronado was only about thirty years old when he set off on his expedition.
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 Francisco Coronado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Francisco Vazquez starts from Culiacan with his army, and after suffering various inconveniences on account of the badness of the way, reaches the Valley of Hearts, where he failed to find any corn, to procure which he sends to the valley called Senora.
I sent the army-master, Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, with 15 horsemen, a day's march ahead of me, in order to explore the country and prepare the way, which he accomplished like the man that he is, and agreeably to the confidence which Your Lordship has had in him.
The army-master and Don Pedro de Tovar and Ferrando de Alvarado and Paulo de Melgosa, the infantry captain, sustained some bruises, although none of them were wounded.
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 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
1510: Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado leads the expedition which consist of 340 Spanish, 300 Indians, 1000 horses, 1000 slaves and six swivel guns indicating that the purpose was to colonise as well as explore
Coronado believes yet another myth no doubt fuelled by the fabulous gold and silver which was found in the cities of the Aztecs and the Incas
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He went to Mexico with Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and in 1538 was...
Coronado (1510-1554) was a Spanish ruler, explorer and conquistador.
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 Handbook of Texas Online: VAZQUEZ DE CORONADO, FRANCISCO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, explorer and governor, son of Juan Vázquez de Coronado and Isabel de Luján, was born at Salamanca, Spain, in 1510.
Coronado was appointed in 1538 to the city council of Mexico City and to the governorship of Nueva Galicia, a province with four principal villages-Guadalajara, Compostela, Purificación, and Culiacán.
Dianna Everett, ed., Coronado and the Myth of Quivira (Canyon, Texas: Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1985).
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 Coronado: Francisco Vazquez De Coronado Explores the Southwest
Coronado: Francisco Vazquez De Coronado Explores the Southwest
Presents a brief description of the life and explorations of Coronado as he led Spanish soldiers from New Spain (Mexico) across the southwest in the 1500s.
Coronado explored the American Southwest in search of gold and other riches.
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 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado – Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains
So far as I can find out, the water is what these Indians worship, because they say that it makes the corn grow and sustains their life, and that the only other reason they know is because their ancestors did so.
Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains, 1540-1542, in A.B. Hart and Edward Channing, eds., American History Leaflets, (New York, 1894).
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 PBS - THE WEST - Archives of the West to 1806
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Report to the Viceroy from Cibola, August 1540
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Report to the King from Tiguex, October 1541
An account of the Pueblo Revolt by Don Antonio de Otermin, governor and captain-general of New Mexico (1680)
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Named for European explorer Francisco de Coronado, CS is a showcase of native...
Coronado arrived at the pueblo during the high point of Zuni...
Southwestern architecture and theming invites guests to follow in the footsteps of famed explorer Francisco de Coronado.
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 The King Of Spain - Spain BR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pagina oficial de la Casa de SM el Rey.
Coronado's Report to the King of Spain Sent from Tiguex on October 20, 1541.
Letters from Francisco Vazquez de Coronado to His Majesty, …
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Coronado Expedition 1540-42 - Color map showing Coronado's route with an overlay of current state boundaries.
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado - Short biography from New Mexico Magazine.
Journey of Coronado - Detailed account of the expedition to Cibola in 1540.
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 Coronado, Francisco Vazquez de (1510-1554) - MavicaNET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
PBS - THE WEST - Francisco Vázquez de Coronado - English
To verify Cabeza de Vaca's statements, Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza sent Marcos de Nizaqv to the north in the spring of 1539.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: Explorer and Conquistador - EnchantedLearning.com - English
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 America the Bountiful
49-149 (in) Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida, as Told by a Knight of Elvas and in a Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the Expedition.
Together With an Account of de Soto's Expedition Based on the Diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, His Private Secretary Translated from Oviedo's Historica General y Natural de las Indias.
3-223 (in) Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida, as Told by a Knight of Elvas and in a Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the Expedition.
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