USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, (born c. 1510, Salamanca, Spain-died September 22, 1554, Mexico), Spanish explorer of the North American Southwest whose expeditions resulted in the discovery of many physical landmarks, including the Grand Canyon, but who failed to find the treasure-laden cities he sought.

Detailed explanation-2: -Coronado explored the northwest of present day Mexico. Coronado also traveled extensively throughout the southwest of present day Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. His expedition was the first European expedition to report sighting the Grand Canyon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The massive expedition was commanded by captain general Francisco Vázquez de Coronado under the sponsorship of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza.

Detailed explanation-4: -Coronado and the expedition first crossed into present-day America by following the Zuni River into Cibola (present day New Mexico). Coronado expected to find the fabled seven cities, but instead, found little more than a complex of Zuni Indian pueblos.

Detailed explanation-5: -Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján was born to a noble family in Salamanca, Spain. His early history is somewhat uncertain, but he was thought to have been born in 1510. In 1535, Vázquez de Coronado-later to be referred to in English as Coronado-left Spain for Mesoamerica.