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Marca da Nizza

(Marco, da Nizza, approximately 1495-1558)


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Marcos de Niza, OFM (or Marco da Nizza; c. 1495 – 25 March 1558) was a Franciscan friar and missionary from the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy. Marcos led the first Spanish expedition to explore what is now the American Southwest. His report of finding a "beautiful city", "more extensive than that of Mexico [City]", induced Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza to organize a large-scale entrada under the leadership of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Marcos served as a guide for this expedition but when they failed to find the wealth they expected, Coronado blamed Marcos, called him a liar and sent the friar back to Mexico in disgrace. (From Wikipedia)

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  • [Info] Marco, da Nizza, approximately 1495-1558, contrib.: The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536 (New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1905), by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, ed. by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, trans. by Fanny Bandelier, also contrib. by Antonio de Mendoza
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