FRANCISCO VÁSQUEZ DE CORONADO
Taylor Sandine
Coronado
Coronado was born in to a noble family in Salamanca, Spain, in 1510
Coronado was the
conqueror and
Governor of the
Kingdom of Nueva
Galicia states
In 1537 he married the
wealthy Doña Beatriz de
Estrada, daughter of the
former treasurer of New
Spain.
He died in 1554
In 1544 Coronado faced charges of neglect of duty and cruelty to the Indians and lost the governorship of Nueva Galicia.
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
Coronado found a
settlement of Indians he
called Querechos.
Map of Coronado's exploration of the southwestern United StatesHe discovered the
southwestern part of the United States, including the Grand Canyon.
1539: The Viceroy tasks Coronada with searching the South West for Cibola and the Seven Cities of Gold
1544: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sent to work in a minor position in Mexico City
Fra ncisco was a Hispanic. Coronado, with a part of this
force, captured the Seven Cities.
Religion: Roman Catholic
Expedition consisted of a provision train and droves of livestock; several hundred friendly Indians, Spanish footmen, and more than 250 horsemen.
. 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.
Since he did not find gold,
silver, or other treasures, his
expedition was branded a
failure by Spanish leaders.
With a group of hundreds of Spaniards and enslaved natives, he traveled through what is now northern Mexico and the southwestern
Coronado killed many native
Americans during this expedition.
Coronado's friend, Antonio Mendoza appointed Coronado as the commander of an expedition.
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
Padillaand several slaves, both
native Americans and Africans.
Coronado conquered Cibola,
and explored the other six Zuni pueblos.
He met an Indian, which
he called the Turk, who
told him about Quivira a
rich country in the
northwest.
In 1542 he went back to
Mexico through roughly the
same route he had come.
Only 100 of his men came
back with him
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was a navigator colonizer, and explorer from the Republic of Genoa in northwestern Italy
Born,31 October
1451
Died.20 May age54
Valladolid, Crown of
Castile, in present-day
SpainWith 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.
His wife is Filipa
Moniz Perestrelo
In one of his writings, Columbus claims to have gone to the sea at the age of 10
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.
Columbus produced a Book of Propheciesin which his career as an explorer is interpreted in the light of Christian eschatologyand of apocalypticism
Columbus map
Toscanelli's notions of the
geography of the Atlantic
Ocean, which directly
influenced Columbus plansBetween 1492 and 1503,
Columbus completed four round-
trip voyages between Spain and
the Americas,
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,
Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba