The Journey of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado 1540-1542

by WINSHIP, George Parker

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Book description: San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. One of 550 copies. xxvii, [1], 134, [9, notes], [1 colophon] pp. Initials in red and line drawings by Arvilla Parker. Publisher's tan cloth with red spine lettering. A very good copy."Francisco V‡squez de Coronado (ca. 1510 Ð September 22, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and Governor of New Galicia, Mexico who between 1540-1542 visited New Mexico and other parts of the southwest of what is now the United States. He was born in Salamanca, Spain and went to the Americas in 1535, when he was 25. His first appointment was as and assistant to the Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza. He became Governor of New Galicia in 1538. His motive for his expeditions into New Mexico was to locate fabled 'golden cities'. Although he failed to find treasure, his journeys helped to expand Spanish rule over huge tracts of North America. He and his companions were the first Europeans to view the Grand Canyon" (New World Encyclopedia).

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