Francisco Vàsquez de Coronado

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Coronado, Francisco Vàsquez de

 

Born 1510; died 1547 or 1554. Spanish conquistador.

In 1540, while he was governor of Nueva Galicia (the north-western part of Mexico), Coronado led a large expedition aimed at conquering the mythical country of the “Seven Cities” to the north. The expedition discovered the mouth and lower course of the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, the southeastern spurs of the Rocky Mountains, the upper course of the Rio Grande River, and the Pecos, a tributary of the Rio Grande. In 1541, Coronado was the first to cross the Great Plains, traveling as far as 40° N lat. During this trip he crossed the Arkansas and Kansas rivers and may have reached the lower bounds of the Missouri.

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North Americans have been riding for pleasure for the past five centuries, ever since Hernan Cortes brought the first horses to Florida in 1538, followed by explorers such as Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and Hernando de Soto.
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Pointing his horsemen in the direction from which they had come, he led them back toward his commander, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. When they returned to Mexico in disgrace in 1542, they were denounced for having failed to find a single thing of value.
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