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Seven Cities of Cibola

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Seven Cities of Cibola
the land of the Zunis (New Mexico); great wealth sought by Coronado. [Mex. Myth.: Payton, 614]
See : Utopia


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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado and his 1,400 or so conquistadores had set their sights on the fabled seven cities of Cibola.
When explorers brought back tales of the Seven Cities of Cibola (THEE-boh-lah), great cities of gold, ambitious men like Francisco Coronado set off in search of riches.
Spanish explorers sought the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, mistakenly thought to have treasures of gold and silver, but which possessed only poor broken-down pueblos.
 
 
 
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