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America in the Making: Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
Object NamePainting
Artist / Maker Newell Convers Wyeth (American, 1882 - 1945)
Date1938
OriginU.S.A.
MediumOil on hardboard (Renaissance panel)
Dimensions26 3/4 × 24 7/8 in. (67.9 × 63.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of John Morrell and Company, Ottumwa, Iowa. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
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Francisco Coronado Biography
Rumors of Seven Golden Cities
Francisco Coronado was a Spanish explorer who visited parts of the American southwest. He was born in Salamanca, Spain around 1510. He left home as a teenager because his parents promised their fortune to his brother. He quickly took to exploring. As governor of New Galicia (a province of New Spain in present-day Mexico), Coronado heard stories of seven golden cities along the Pacific Ocean named Cibola and quickly assembled a simultaneous land and sea expedition. The cities were said to contain houses made out of gold and streets paved with gold. Coronado and a friend, Antonio Mendoza, invested large sums of money in the expedition. In 1540, Coronado, Mendoza, 335 Spaniards, 1300 natives, and four Franciscan monks headed north for the purposes of taking the gold from the sju Cities of Cibola.
The Search
Coronado divided the expedition into small groups that would begin the arduous inland journey at different inter
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish explorer of the North American Southwest whose expeditions led to the discovery of numerous physical landmarks, including the Grand Canyon. Still, he could not locate the treasure-laden cities he sought. He was born circa 1510 in Salamanca, Spain, and died September 22, 1554 in Mexico.
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