Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

1. Taylor Sandine Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

2. Coronado In 1537 he married the wealthy Doña Beatriz de Estrada, daughter of the former treasurer of New Spain. Coronado was the conqueror and Governor of the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia states • Coronado was born in to a noble family in Salamanca, Spain, in 1510 In 1544 Coronado faced charges of neglect of duty and cruelty to the Indians and lost the governorship of Nueva Galicia. He died in 1554

3. Coronado found a settlement of Indians he called Querechos. • Coronado decided to divide his expedition into small groups and time their departures so that grazing lands and water holes along the trail could recover 1539: The Viceroy tasks Coronada with searching the South West for Cibola and the Seven Cities of Gold Map of Coronado's exploration of the southwestern United States He discovered the southwestern part of the United States, including the Grand Canyon.

4. Religion: Roman Catholic • 1544: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sent to work in a minor position in Mexico City Expedition consisted of a provision train and droves of livestock; several hundred friendly Indians, Spanish footmen, and more than 250 horsemen. Francisco was a Hispanic. Coronado, with a part of this force, captured the Seven Cities.

5. With a group of hundreds of Spaniards and enslaved natives, he traveled through what is now northern Mexico and the southwestern • . Appointed governor of Nueva Galicia in west-central Mexico, Coronado was sent north with a large force to locate and capture the legendary Seven Cities of Cíbola. Coronado's friend, Antonio Mendoza appointed Coronado as the commander of an expedition. Coronado killed many native Americans during this expedition. Since he did not find gold, silver, or other treasures, his expedition was branded a failure by Spanish leaders.

6. In 1542 he went back to Mexico through roughly the same route he had come. Only 100 of his men came back with him • He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 335 Spanish, 1,300 Mexican Indian allies, four Franciscan monks, the most notable of which was Juan de Padillaandseveral slaves, both native Americans and Africans. He met an Indian, which he called the Turk, who told him about Quiviraa rich country in the northwest. Coronado conquered Cibola, and explored the other six Zuni pueblos.

7. Christopher Columbus Died.20 May age54Valladolid, Crown of Castile, in present-day Spain With his four voyages of exploration and several attempts at establishing a settlement on the island of Hispaniola. Although Columbus was not the first explorer to reach the Americas from Europe. Christopher Columbuswas a navigator colonizer, and explorer from the Republic of Genoa in northwestern Italy Born,31 October 1451

8. His wife is FilipaMoniz Perestrelo Columbus produced a Book of Propheciesinwhich his career as an explorer is interpreted in the light of Christian eschatologyandof apocalypticism In 1470 the Columbus family moved to Savona In May 1476, he took part in an armed convoy sent by Genoa to carry a valuable cargo to northern Europe. In one of his writings, Columbus claims to have gone to the sea at the age of 10

9. Toscanelli's notions of the geography of the Atlantic Ocean, which directly influenced Columbus plans Between 1492 and 1503, Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, • Columbus map Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships; one larger carrack, Santa María, nicknamed Gallega (the Galician), and two smaller caravels,