Coronado's Search for the Seven Cities of Gold Leads to Spanish Dominion Over Southwestern North America
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The year 1542 was the great climax of the Spanish age of discovery—a yea...
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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
1510?-1554
Spanish Explorer
Born around 1510 in Salamanca, Spain, Francisco Vasquez, better known as Coronado, explored large regions of the American Southwest, including...
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Coronado, Francisco Vásquez De
February 25, 1510
Salamanca, Spain
September 22, 1554
Mexico City, Mexico
Spanish conquistador
"Neither gold nor silver nor any trace of either was found.&#x...
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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Born c. 1510, Salamanca, Spain Died September 22, 1554, Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, a Spanish nobleman and explorer, led the first ...
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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510-1554) was a Spanish explorer and colonial official who is credited with one of the first European explorations of Arizona, New Mexico, and the Great Plains o...
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Coronado's Search for the Seven Cities of Gold Leads to Spanish Dominion Over Southwestern North America
Coronado, Francisco Vásquez De
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado