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How did Coronado find his way to New Mexico?
In Brief: Finding no wealth in Cibola or the surroundings, Coronado moved his army east to the pueblos around Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande River, in September 1540. They spent the winter there. In these pueblos, Coronado heard stories of an another wealthy trade center, Quivira, to the northeast.
Why did Coronado explore Texas?
Francisco Coronado was a Spanish governor in modern day Mexico who went on to explore the southwest United States. His expedition was one that was prompted by stories of myth and riches. He was looking for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. This journey took him into new areas not yet previously explored by Europeans.
What area did Coronado explore?
In 1540, Coronado led a major Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now the southwestern United States.
What was the impact of Francisco Coronado’s explorations?
Coronado’s explorations helped open up the southwestern United States for future Spanish colonization. Shane Mountjoy and William H. Goetzmann, Francisco Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2006), 11. Mountjoy and Goetzmann, Francisco Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold, 11.
What was the route of the Spanish expedition?
Dr. Joseph Sánchez of the Spanish Colonial Research Center at the University of New Mexico has written a scholarly passage describing the expedition’s movement through what is now Sonora and Arizona: The single most important leg of the expedition is that from Compostela through Sonora.
Who was the Spanish governor who explored the southwest?
A photograph of a painting from the Deaf Smith County Museum in Hereford, TX. Francisco Coronado was a Spanish governor in modern day Mexico who went on to explore the southwest United States. His expedition was one that was prompted by stories of myth and riches.
What was the extent of the Spanish conquest of Cibola?
The ensuing skirmish constituted the extent of what can be called the Spanish Conquest of Cíbola. During the battle, Vázquez de Coronado was injured. During the weeks that the expedition stayed at Zuni, he sent out several scouting expeditions. The first scouting expedition was led by Pedro de Tovar.