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Illustration by Frederic Remington showing Francisco Vasquez de Coronado on horseback leading armored Spanish soldiers and a Native American guide across the plains of Kansas. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Map of the present-day United States showing the routes taken by early European explorers, each route marked in a different color and labeled in the legend. Major expeditions include those of De Soto, Coronado, Jolliet and Marquette, La Salle, Escalante and Dominguez, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Smith, and Walker, with paths traversing regions from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts through the Midwest to California and the Pacific Northwest. Modern state and international boundaries are also shown for ref
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Illustration by Frederic Remington showing Francisco Vasquez de Coronado on horseback leading armored Spanish soldiers and a Native American guide across the plains of Kansas.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (right) on his expedition to find the legendary Seven Cities of Cíbola; illustration by Frederic Remington.

Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Spanish explorer
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (born c. 1510, Salamanca, Spain—died September 22, 1554, Mexico) was a Spanish explorer of the North American Southwest whose expeditions resulted in the discovery of many physical landmarks, including the Grand Canyon, but who failed to find the treasure-laden cities he sought. Coronado went to New Spain (Mexico) with Antonio de Mendoza, the Spanish viceroy, in 1535 and earned early distinction in pacifying Indians. He was appointed governor of Nueva Galicia...

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