Antonio De Coronado Essay

Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was one of many Spanish conquistadors during the age of exploration. Born in Salamanca, Spain in about 1510, he was the younger of him and his brother. Because of him being the younger of two brothers, Coronado was not set to inherit any land or money from his family. Coronado decided to become an explorer of the new world to make a name for himself. Coronado initially traveled to New Spain, as Mexico was named by the Spanish, with the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza. The Coronado family was friendly with the Mendoza family because Coronado’s father held political positions under the administration of Antonio de Mendoza’s father in Granada, Spain. While in New Spain, Coronado would go on to go on …show more content…
Coronado gained a large plot of land from the marriage, while having eight children with Estrada. Coronado helped in putting down slave rebellions and rebellions of the native people that were working in the mines for the Spanish. This successful suppression helped Coronado gain more trust in the eyes of Mendoza. In 1538, Antonio de Mendoza appointed Coronado to become governor of a large New Spanish province named New Galicia. He governed over the present-day Mexican states of Nayarit, Sinaloa, and Jalisco. The next part of Coronado’s life turned into what he is most famous …show more content…
This disappointment led to other side expeditions. Some of the groups to go out on a side expedition were the first to find certain things geographically. One group was the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon. Coronado then led a group to look for another city of gold, Quivira, which was located in present-day Kansas. Coronado and his men could not find anything. The expedition started back homeward as no riches were found. However, even though the goal of the expedition was to find the cities, Coronado’s groups discovered many uncharted