The 16th-century Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a governor of an province in New Spain (Mexico), when he heard about the so-called Seven Golden Cities located in the north. In 1540, Coronado led a Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now known as the southwestern United States. The explorers didn't findn what they were looking for but they did find something Grand! In the begging Franciso was Born in circa in 1510 into a noble family in Salamanca, Spain, Coronado was the youngest son, and as such did not stand to inherit the family title or estate. As such, he decided to seek his fortune and set out to find what he was looking for. In 1535, he traveled to New Spain (as Mexico was then known) with Antonio de Mendoza, the Spanish viceroy, whom his family had ties with from his father’s service as royal administrator in Granada.
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In 1537, Coronado gained Mendoza’s approval by successfully putting down rebellions by black slaves and Indians working in the mines. The following year, he was appointed as governor of the province of Nueva Galicia, a region that comprised much of what became the Mexican states of jalisco, nayarit and sinaloa. As the end is better, Coronado spent his last decades as a member of mexico in 1544. Finally he died in 1554 from a horrible sickness. In the end if it wasn't for coronado then we would maybe still be looking for the 7 Golden Cities, That coronado and no anyone else has ceased to discover. There are many people that still thank there is 7 Golden Cities out there. Also America glad he found the Grand Canyon because, it is very beautiful.
Coronado was a man of his word even though he never found the Cities he still found his true love and a Great tourist attraction. Coronado inspired many people in the end to go and find something
In 1537, Coronado gained Mendoza’s approval by successfully putting down rebellions by black slaves and Indians working in the mines. The following year, he was appointed as governor of the province of Nueva Galicia, a region that comprised much of what became the Mexican states of jalisco, nayarit and sinaloa. As the end is better, Coronado spent his last decades as a member of mexico in 1544. Finally he died in 1554 from a horrible sickness. In the end if it wasn't for coronado then we would maybe still be looking for the 7 Golden Cities, That coronado and no anyone else has ceased to discover. There are many people that still thank there is 7 Golden Cities out there. Also America glad he found the Grand Canyon because, it is very beautiful.
Coronado was a man of his word even though he never found the Cities he still found his true love and a Great tourist attraction. Coronado inspired many people in the end to go and find something