The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542
Author: George Parker Winship
Publisher:
Published: 1896
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13:
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Explore with Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Author: Tim Cooke
Publisher: Travel with the Great Explorer
Published: 2016-08-25
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780778728474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating book follows the travels of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado on his quest to find the fabled Cities of Gold in what is now the Southwestern United States. Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an appealing tabloid style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include why the Spaniards sent Coronado into the Southwest, deadly clashes with the Pueblo peoples, the first European sighting of the Grand Canyon and the Great Plains, and Coronado's eventual disappointment and disgrace. Teacher's guide available.
Came Men on Horses
Author: Stan Hoig
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2012-10-15
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1607322064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGuided by myths of golden cities and worldly rewards, policy makers, conquistador leaders, and expeditionary aspirants alike came to the new world in the sixteenth century and left it a changed land. Came Men on Horses follows two conquistadors—Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and Don Juan de Oñate—on their journey across the southwest. Driven by their search for gold and silver, both Coronado and Oñate committed atrocious acts of violence against the Native Americans, and fell out of favor with the Spanish monarchy. Examining the legacy of these two conquistadors Hoig attempts to balance their brutal acts and selfish motivations with the historical significance and personal sacrifice of their expeditions. Rich human details and superb story-telling make Came Men on Horses a captivating narrative scholars and general readers alike will appreciate.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Author: Steve Roberts
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2013-01-15
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1477701699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorn to a noble family, Coronado still had to make his own fortune. Going on a quest, he crisscrossed the southwestern United States in search of the "seven cities of gold." Although he never found the cities, he was the first European to see the Grand Canyon and a multitude of other natural wonders. Readers will journey along in his adventures and struggles, enjoying the text from cover to cover.
Coronado
Author: Robin Santos Doak
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9780756501235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an account of the journey made by Coronado and his search for riches in the new world.
The Coronado Expedition
Author: Richard Flint
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2003-03-18
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0826329772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, the governor of Nueva Galicia in western Mexico, led an expedition of reconnaissance and expansion to a place called Cíbola, far to the north in what is now New Mexico. The essays collected in this book bring multidisciplinary expertise to the study of that expedition. Although scholars have been examining the Coronado expedition for over 460 years, it left a rich documentary record that still offers myriad research opportunities from a variety of approaches. Volume contributors are from a range of disciplines including history, archaeology, Latin American studies, anthropology, astronomy, and geology. Each addresses as aspect of the Coronado Expedition from the perspectives of his/her field, examining topics that include analyses of Spanish material culture in the New World; historical documentation of finances, provisioning, and muster rolls; Spanish exploration in the Borderlands; Native American contact with Spanish explorers; and determining the geographic routes of the Expedition.
A Journey with Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Author: Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2017-08
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 1512407739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides readers with primary sources detailing Coronado's search for cities of gold.
Exploring the New World
Author: Melody Herr
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2016-07-15
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 151574258X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"5 story paths, 43 choices, 18 endings"--Cover."
The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva
Author: Richard Flint
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2004-05-20
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 0870817663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva is an engaging record of key research by archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, and geographers concerning the first organized European entrance into what is now the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. In search of where the expedition went and what peoples it encountered, this volume explores the fertile valleys of Sonora, the basins and ranges of southern Arizona, the Zuni pueblos and the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, and the Llano Estacado of the Texas panhandle. The twenty-one contributors to the volume have pursued some of the most significant lines of research in the field in the last fifty years; their techniques range from documentary analysis and recording traditional stories to detailed examination of the landscape and excavation of campsites and Indian towns. With more confidence than ever before, researchers are closing in on the route of the conquistadors.
Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas
Author: Donald Eugene Chipman
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0292712316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides biographical sketches of the men and women who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821, including profiles of religious figures, governors, pioneers, Indian agents, and army captains.
