Explorers From 1500
Afonso de Albuquerque (14??-1515) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer who sailed to the Spice Islands (the Moluccas, a group of Islands in Indonesia) in 1507-15...
Texas
West South Central states of the United States. It borders Mexico on the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast. To the west is New Mexico, to the nort...
History
Discovery of America Paleo-Indians the term "Paleo Indians" is generally used to refer to early Native Americans up through the end of the Ice Age (c.80...
Estavinco
Estevanico was born in the port city of Azemmour, Morocco, in 1503. After a fierce struggle between the Portuguese and local leaders, the Portuguese captured Azem...
Early Europeans
The first Europeans to arrive in North America were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985. In 1001...
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, ca. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was born in 1510 and died in Mexico City in 1554. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado governed New Galicia. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado had already sent out Fray Marcos de Niza on a voyage to the north, New Mexico. When Fray Marcos de Niza returned he told about Cibola, a wealth golden city. This made Francisco Vasquez de Coronado interested in trying to get the gold. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado set an expedition to go to Cibola in 1540. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado went to sea with 340 Spanish and 300 Indian allies. Coronado also had 1000 Native American African slaves. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado did conquer Cibola. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado also sent out many other expeditions. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sent Melchoir Diaz to the mouth of the Colorado to meet Hernando de Alarcon who shipped supplies for Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. This is not the only expedition Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sent out many other people to explore for him. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado did not only send out people on explorations. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado also went out to sea on many different expeditions.
