Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.
A biography of the sixteenth century Spanish explorer who searched for cities of gold in parts of the American Southwest, but discovered only Indian villages.
Traces the life and accomplishments of Spanish explorer and conquistador, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, who led a major expedition from Mexico through what is now the southwestern United States.
"Describes the exploration of North America in the times of explorers Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and Sieur de La Salle. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from Columbus' voyage in 1492, Coronado's 1540 expedition, and Sieur de La Salle's expedition down the Mississippi River in 1682"--Provided by publisher.