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	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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 (see Alarcón, Hernando de) and by land.
		Nevertheless he sent out his lieutenants: Pedro de Tovar visited the Hopi villages in N Arizona, García López de Cárdenas discovered the Grand Canyon, and Hernando de Alvarado struck out eastward and visited Acoma and the pueblos of the Rio Grande and the Pecos.
		Alvarado came upon a Native American from a Plains tribe nicknamed the Turk, who told fanciful tales of the wealthy kingdom of Quivira to the east.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CoronadoF.asp (406 words)

	Earlier Explorations--Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The De Soto Expedition: Hernando De Soto (1500-1542) was a captain under Francisco Pizarro, and made a fortune during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
		Near the mouth of the Red River in Louisiana, on May 21, 1542, De Soto died from a fever and was buried in the Mississippi River.
		Samuel de Champlain traversed much of the new territory, establishing Quebec in 1608 and exploring the waterways and paths around Lake Champlain, Lake Huron and the eastern end of Lake Ontario from 1609-15.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/lewisandclark/earlierexplorations.htm (2408 words)

	1541 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
		April 24 - The Battle of Sahart was fought between the army of Ethiopean Emperor and forces of Somali Ahmad Gragn.
		May 8 - Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1541 (371 words)

	Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
		Alvarado came upon a Native American from a Plains tribe nicknamed the Turk, who told fanciful tales of the wealthy kingdom of
		Las leyendas de las minas del Tisingal y la Estrella en Costa Rica.
		En torno a un diccionario de apellidos costarricenses.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0813622.html (486 words)

	Discoverers Web: North America
		Francisco Hernández de Córdoba and Juan de Grijalva
		Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and Fray Nicolás López
		Pedro de Aguirre, Isidro Félix de Espinosa and Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/northam.html (229 words)

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