Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Discovery, Exploration, Geography
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Ships, Naval History, Explorers
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Spanish/Portuguese History
Article abstract: As leader of the 1540-1542 expedition to the Seven Cities of Cíbola and Quivira, Coronado explored what became Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas and opened the Southwest to Spanish colonization and settlement.
Early Life
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was born in 1510, in Salamanca, Spain, the second son of noble parents, Juan Vásquez de Coronado and Isabel de Luján (his proper family name was Vásquez, but Americans mistakenly call him Coronado). Only a few details abut his childhood are known. His father became...
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