FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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modern-day Florida
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modern-day California
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modern-day Oklahoma
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modern-day New Mexico and Arizona
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1540, Coronado led a major Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now the southwestern United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Francisco Vázquez de Coronado sought the fabled golden cities thought to be farther north of what was then New Spain. His exploration through the American Southwest turned up no golden cities, but made him the first European to see the Colorado river and the Grand Canyon.
Detailed explanation-3: -The expedition team of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado is credited with the discovery of the Grand Canyon and several other famous landmarks in the American Southwest while searching for the legendary Seven Golden Cities of Cíbola-which they never found.
Detailed explanation-4: -He appointed 30 year old Francisco Vazquez de Coronado to head the expedition. The Viceroy set three goals for the expedition: to find the seven cities of gold described by Fray Marcos, to spread the word of God, and to expand the realm of Spain in the new world.