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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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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Famous Explorers - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Biography. Nov 21, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 18, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Biography. Apr 24, 2022
Cross-references added. Jan 06, 2021
Corrected display issue. Dec 27, 2017
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Francisco V?zquez de Coronado. Feb 19, 2017
Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Francisco V?zquez de Coronado. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Biography of Francisco Coronado. Jun 09, 2014
Added image of Coronado. Jul 14, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Apr 09, 2009
Media added. Jan 30, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Francisco Vasquez De Coronado. Nov 11, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Think Quest - Biography of Francisco V�squez de Coronado. Sep 26, 2007
Added new Web site: History.com - Biography of Francisco V�squez de Coronado. Sep 26, 2007
Added new Web site: DesertUSA - Biography of Francisco V�zquez de Coronado. Sep 26, 2007
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Francisco V�zquez de Coronado. Sep 26, 2007
Added new Web site: Discoverers Web - Biography of Francisco V�squez de Coronado. Sep 26, 2007
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Sep 26, 2007
Added new Web site: Discoverers Web - Biography of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Jul 26, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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