Coronado

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Coronado

• Biography
• By Courtney

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The Early Years

• Coronado was born to a noble family in Salamanca
  , Spain about 1510. As a young man at court he
  became friendly with Antonio de Mendoza and was
  appointed victor of New Spain
• Mexico in 1535.

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The Beginning Of Teenage Life

• Coronado went with Antonio de Mendoza to
  America as his assistant years after his arrival
  in Mexico City. When Coronado finished and
  arrived in Mexico, he had hinted about stories of
  magnificent cities of gold that lay to the North
  and west of Texas .

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The Beginning of Adventures

• The Spaniards thought these might be the
  magnificent cities of gold of Cibolo described in
  an old legend. After hearing the hints of Cabeza
  de Vice, the governors of Mexico sent out
  expeditions with the hope of repeating the
  triumph of Cortez.

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The Great Expeditions

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led the most
  famous expeditions.