FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE CORONADO

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE

Coronado was born at Sabmanca, Spain. He was

born in 1510 and also he died in 1554.

EARLY YEARS ( INTERESTS, PLACES VIS ITED ETC. )

Corondo and his wife had eight children. At the

age of twenty five, he sailed to the new world and

the settled in Mexico city.

They got married and started a family and also was

appointed in 1538 as Governor of the Province of

Nueva he also discovered the SouthWestern part of

the United States, including the Grand Canyon. He

also left his home because his parents promised the

family fortune to his older brother. Also he died soon

after in 1552.

CONTRIBUTIONS OR ACHIEVEMENTS

INCLUDING AREAS EXPLORED(LAND AREAS AND B ODIES OF

WATER)

Francisco Vasquez De

Coronado was the first European

to explore the South of North

America in Arizona and new

Mexico.

He discovered the Grand

Canyon.

Helped spread Christianity

through the southwest.

MISCELLANEOUN S AN D OTHER INT EREST IN G IN FORMAT ION

Did you know that Coronado went as far as present

day Kansas searching for the seven cities of Gold.

He never found the golden cities. After failing in

Kansas he had his Indian slave killed who told him to

go there.

He mistreated Indians.

CONCLUSION

He was a conquistador and if he never found the

seven cities of gold but he explored much of the

Southwestern part of what is today the United

States.