Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Notes Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain 1510. He traveled with Antonio de Mendoza to the new world. He married Beatriz de Estrada called "the Saint”. Her sister of Leonor de Estrada was an ancestor of the de Alvarado family and daughter of Treasurer and Governor Alonso de Estrada y Hidalgo, Lord of Picón, and wife Marina Flores Gutiérrez de la Caballería, from a converso Jewish family. Coronado inherited a large portion of a Mexican estate from Beatriz. Coronado became governor of the Spanish province of New Galicia and was a leading grandee. He one day received word of seven cities that were supposed to be very wealthy and the houses were made of gold. This seemed to capture Coronado’s
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The town was actually a village with natives, little land, and no wealth. Quivira was in present day Kansas with two surrounding villages, Tabas and Harahey. Tabas was on Smokey Hill River and at Harahey there was a river with lots of land and natives. Coronado could see this land was not very useful so he left. In March 1542, Coronado returned back to Mexico disappointed with the 40 men. He explained to Mendoza why the expedition was a failure: no gold to be found, the discovery of Hawikuh and Quivira having no wealth or gold houses, no natives brought back, the loss of 200 men, and no land. Mendoza was furious that he didn’t get any gold or some native chieftains brought back to him. He took away Coronado’s privilege of being governor, but eventually changed his mind and let Coronado be governor again. Coronado retired from being governor and exploring business in 1543, He moved and settled in Mexico city. He died September 22,1556 of infectious disease. Coronado’s was well known in history for discovering the Seven cities of Cibola, being a leading grandee, finding the village of Quivira, and for beng governor. Archaeologists still wonder today what impact did Coronado have on history. People believe there are more things
The town was actually a village with natives, little land, and no wealth. Quivira was in present day Kansas with two surrounding villages, Tabas and Harahey. Tabas was on Smokey Hill River and at Harahey there was a river with lots of land and natives. Coronado could see this land was not very useful so he left. In March 1542, Coronado returned back to Mexico disappointed with the 40 men. He explained to Mendoza why the expedition was a failure: no gold to be found, the discovery of Hawikuh and Quivira having no wealth or gold houses, no natives brought back, the loss of 200 men, and no land. Mendoza was furious that he didn’t get any gold or some native chieftains brought back to him. He took away Coronado’s privilege of being governor, but eventually changed his mind and let Coronado be governor again. Coronado retired from being governor and exploring business in 1543, He moved and settled in Mexico city. He died September 22,1556 of infectious disease. Coronado’s was well known in history for discovering the Seven cities of Cibola, being a leading grandee, finding the village of Quivira, and for beng governor. Archaeologists still wonder today what impact did Coronado have on history. People believe there are more things