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