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Marcos de Niza

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Marcos de Niza (mär`kōs dā nē`sä), c.1495–1558, missionary explorer in Spanish North America. A Franciscan friar, he served in Peru and Guatemala before going to Mexico. There he headed an expedition (1539) planned by Antonio de Mendoza Mendoza, Antonio de (äntō`nyō dā māndō`thä)
..... Click the link for more information. , who had been excited by Cabeza de Vaca's stories of rich Native American pueblos. Fray Marcos traveled north at least into SE Arizona and perhaps into New Mexico. Probably duped by Zuñi Zuñi (z`nyē, z
..... Click the link for more information.  legends, the friar described with enthusiasm and great inaccuracy the fabulous riches of the Seven Cities of Cibola. They proved to be only fables when Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de (fränthēs`kō väs`kāth dā kōrōnä`thō), c.
..... Click the link for more information.  led (1540) his soldiers there. Fray Marcos was dismissed as guide and sent back in disgrace.
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1539: fray marcos de niza with black Estevan after the long explorations of cabeza de vaca came seeking the "seven great cities of gold" and Hampsawan and Hawikuh and Ke'tchina and Kwa'kina and Kyakime and K'yanawe and Matsaki were transformed through the magic of desire into the golden cities of the cibola .
History in the poetry of Prospero Saiz: a reading of "document" by Deppman, Jed / MELUS
1539 Friar Marcos de Niza and Esteban, a slave of the Cabeza de Vaca party, are sent north from Mexico City to investigate the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Coronado and the cities of gold: in 1540, a Spanish conquistador set ... by Brown, Bryan / Junior Scholastic
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