Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján (ca. 1510 – September 22, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other parts of what are now the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. He died in 1554. He married Beatriz De Estrada, the daughter of a colonial treasurer. He is more commonly known as "Francisco Vásquez de Coronado" or "Francisco Coronado".
Francisco Vázquez De Coronado Media
- Coronado expedition.jpg
The Coronado Expedition (1540–1542) from Mexico north through the future U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
- Coronado-Remington.jpg
Coronado Sets Out to the North (Frederic Remington, c. 1900)
- The Coronado expedition, 1540-1542.djvu
The Coronado Expedition, 1540–1542 (DjVu format)
- La conquista del Colorado.jpg
La conquista del Colorado, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, depicts Coronado's 1540–1542 expedition. García López de Cárdenas can be seen overlooking the Grand Canyon.
- Jan Mostaert - Landscape with a Scene of the Conquest of America.jpg
Episode from the Conquest of America by Jan Mostaert (c. 1545), probably Vázquez de Coronado in New Mexico
- 3c Coronado Expedition 400th anniversary single, 1940 issue.jpg
In 1940 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Coronado expedition