The Northern Frontier of New Spain

Cochise College

Center for Southwest StudiesRebecca Orozco

Hernan Cortez

Diego Velasquez

Moctezuma II

Cortez’s Route to the Valley of Mexico

1521

Hernan Cortez 1485-1547

Panfilo de Narvaez

1470-1528

Alvar Nunez

Cabeza de Vaca

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

1510-1554

Route of Coronado’s expedition to the Southwest1540-1541

Eusebio Francisco Kino

Charles III

Fray Francisco Garces

San Jose de Tumacacori

Tucson, 1780

Map by Geronimo de la Rocha, 1784

Teodoro de la Croix

Jose de Galvez

Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla

1753-1811