21. European Explorers - Age Of Exploration European Explorers of the new world in the Age of exploration francisco Vasquezde coronado. francisco Vásquez de coronado from the Discoverer s Web http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/explore.html

European Explorers of the "New World" in the Age of Exploration Project Ideas General Links The Age of Exploration from the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Includes a timeline and curriculum guide. Discoverer's Web by a Netherlands University faculty member. Explorers of the Millennium from the ThinkQuest Jr. project. Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World a Thinkquest project Discovery School's Exploration Station - learn about some of the most famous European explorers who sailed the high seas. Empire of the Bay from the PBS series. Includes Hudson, Champlain, Cartier, and others. Florida of the Conquistador facts about Ponce deLeon, Panfilo de Narvaez, Hernando deSoto, and Tristan deLuna. PBS: Conquistadors - learn all about Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, and Cabeza De Vaca- four men who helped explore the new world. Enchanted Learning Explorers Room 30's Explorer Page reports by a San Jose 5th Grade class. Bartholemew Dias, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Ferdinand Magellan are covered.

22. Explorers In Texas And Mexico The Expedition of francisco vasquez de coronado new world Explored, The Primetime news in Europe during the year 1520 was the existence of a new world http://www.mckinneyisd.net/Campuses/school_websites/walker/TeacherCreated/Fourth

4th Grade Explorers 4.2B - Identify the accomplishments of significant explorers such as Cabeza de Vaca Christopher Columbus Francisco Coronado ; and Ren© Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle and explain their impact on the settlement of Texas Texas Conquest Trails Cabeza de Vaca Conquistadors - Cabeza deVaca Cabeza de Vaca's Trails - Use the drop-down menu to explore this Web site. - PBS Map Journey of Cabeza de Vaca Human Rights and the Exploration of North America - Teaching guide Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus - Early career and first voyage - biography upto and including the first voyage from Britannica Online Christopher Columbus - Encarta Online article Christopher Columbus - Man and myth 1492 - An Ongoing Voyage an Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC Francisco Coronado - PBS Bio The Expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado The Journey of Coronado V¡zquez de Coronado, Franciso Coronado Expedition Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle Cavelier de La Salle - Intrepid Explorer La Salle, Ren© Robert Cavelier, Sieur de

23. Explorers - C - EnchantedLearning.com in establishing and administering the French colonies in the new world. coronado, francisco vasquez de francisco Vásquez de coronado (15101554) was http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexc.shtml

EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Click here to learn more. (Already a member? Click here. Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers A B C D ... Glossary of Exploration Terms C CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZ Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca [Cabeza de Vaca means "head of a cow"] (1490?-1557?) was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft, then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He also explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison, or American buffalo For more information on Cabeza de Vaca, click here CABOT, JOHN John Cabot (1450-1499) was an Italian-born English explorer and navigator. In Italy, he is known as Giovanni Caboto (which is his original name). For more information on Cabot, click here CABOT, SEBASTIAN Sebastian Cabot (1474?-1557?) was an explorer, mapmaker and navigator of Italian descent. He worked as a cartographer (mapmaker) for England's King Henry VIII, was a captain for Spain's King Ferdinand V, explored for England's King Henry VII, and may have secretly explored for Venice. Sebastian Cabot's father was the explorer John Cabot Cabot searched for the Northwest passage across North America (1508). He began an unsuccessful trip around the world (1526-1529) in a voyage that supposed to sail to China and the Moluccas (the Spice Islands, in Indonesia), but he only made it as far as the enormous mouth of the Rio de la Plata (a river between Argentina and Uruguay in South America). Later, he began to work for the English again, searching for a water passage across the north of Asia around 1553.

24. Explorers From The Early 1500's - EnchantedLearning.com coronado, francisco vasquez de francisco Vásquez de coronado (15101554) was a printed the first map that used the name America for the new world. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/1500a.shtml

Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers A B C D ... Glossary of Exploration Terms Explorers from 1501-1550: the Early Sixteenth Century ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DE Afonso de Albuquerque (14-1515) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer who sailed to the Spice Islands (the Moluccas, a group of Islands in Indonesia) in 1507-1511, trying to monopolize trade with this area; from Europe, he sailed around Africa to the Indian Ocean. He was appointed the Viceroy of India by King Emmanuel in 1509. He forcibly destroyed the Indian city of Calicut in January, 1510, and took Goa (in southern India) in March, 1510, claiming Goa for Portugal. AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DE South Carolina . His attempt to settle the coast of the Carolinas (near the mouth of the Peedee River at Winyah Bay) was unsuccessful. For more information on De Ayllon, click here

25. PBS - THE WEST - Events From 1500 To 1650 1540, francisco vasquez de coronado francisco vasquez de coronado leads Indian enslavement are repealed at the insistence of new world colonists, http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/1500_1650.htm

EVENTS To 1500 Hernan Cortes invades Mexico, completing his conquest of the Aztec empire in 1521 and establishing the colony of New Spain. THE JOURNEY OF CABEZA DE VACA (1528-1536) After living six years among the Indians of the Texas coast, Cabeza de Vaca and his three fellow survivors one an African slave named Esteban begin their travels across Texas and the Southwest into northern Mexico, protected by Cabeza's reputation as a healer and man of peace. Cabeza de Vaca and his companions meet a band of Spanish slave hunters near Culiacan on the Mexican west coast and make their way to Mexico City, where their adventure sparks interest in the mysterious lands to the north. Fray Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan friar, is sent to explore the lands to the north of Mexico, guided by Esteban, the African who had accompanied Cabeza de Vaca. Within a year, Marcos returns with news of a great city called Cibola, where Esteban was killed, which from a distance appeared to him "bigger than the city of Mexico." Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay in Florida to begin his bloody expedition across the southeast.

26. Other Spanish Explorers francisco vasquez de coronado (1510?1554), was a Spanish explorer. As ateen-ager, he sailed to the new world and began his career as an explorer in http://www2.worldbook.com/features/explorers/html/newworld_spanish_other.html

FEATURE OF THE MONTH Christopher Columbus and the Great Age of Exploration Early explorations The great age of European exploration Columbus and other New World explorers ... Juan Ponce de Leon Other Spanish explorers Portuguese explorers English explorers French explorers Other explorers of the Great Age ... Related Web sites Other Spanish explorers Click on the links below to read about other Spanish explorers of the great age of exploration. Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (map) Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada Pedro Menendez de Aviles Panfilo de Narvaez Juan de Onate ... Luis Vaez de Torres Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon (eyel YAWN) (1480?-1526), a Spanish colonizer, founded the first European settlement in what is now the United States. The settlement, on what is now the nation's southeast coast, survived for only about six months. Ayllon was born in Toledo, Spain. In 1504, he arrived in the Americas and served as a judge for the Spanish government on the island of Hispaniola. Ayllon became wealthy, in part by trading in Indian slaves. He also sponsored voyages to the coast of what may have been present-day South Carolina or Georgia. The first of these voyages, made in 1521, was led by Spanish explorer Francisco Gordillo. Ayllon heard reports that the land Gordillo saw, called Chicora by the Indians, was rich in natural resources and resembled southern Spain.

27. Early Spanish Exploration Of The Southwest One and claimed this new world for the Spanish kingdoms of Leon and Castille, In little more than two years, vasquez de coronado and his men explored http://www.nmgs.org/artcuar1.htm

NMGS: History Projects Genealogist Articles Churches: Intro Records Site Map Tricentennial ... Bookstore New Mexico Genealogical Society Programs NMGS Publications Membership Contact Us ... Home A Cuarto Centennial History of New Mexico by Robert J. Torrez Chapter One: Early Spanish Exploration of the Southwest Less than two generations after Christopher Columbus set foot on the shores of an obscure Caribbean island on October 12, 1492, and claimed this New World for the Spanish kingdoms of Leon and Castille, Spanish conquistadores such as Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro had conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico and the Incas of Peru. Subsequent explorers remained on the alert for other lands which might prove as wealthy as ones these men had conquered. It was this search for a "new" Mexico which ultimately led to the expedition which first brought the Spanish to New Mexico in 1540. From the list of those who anxiously proposed to follow up Fray Marcos' discovery, Viceroy Mendoza chose 29 year old Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. This expedition, as all such Spanish colonial enterprises of the time, was privately financed. Vasquez de Coronado's family contributed 50,000 ducats (probably a million dollars in today's money), towards the cost of the expedition, while Viceroy Mendoza personally invested an additional 60,000 ducats. No one seemed concerned about the risk of such an investment. After all, hadn't Fray Marcos confirmed Cabeza de Vaca's reports of the Seven Cities?

28. 1U.S. And World History 1540 new Mexico also exlored by the coronado expedition. 1541 Hispanics ledby francisco vasquez de coronado explore Oklahoma Oklahoma s recorded http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/colony9.htm

America USA State by State Contributors Awards Contents Shop Amazon,Oprah's benefit auction- ... video Shop on line Fine Art Auctions Bargains Auto ... Miliary History home page Out of 50 states Hispanos explored and colonized at least 31 of the present "U.S." Spanish speaking America's far reaching influence, and contributions, continues throughout the U.S. today Over half of the present USA was explored by Hispanos- And from the early 1500's to the late 20th century (the present time), Spanish was spoke in the majority of the present states in our country. And from the early 1900's to the present, English and Spanish have shared the status of dual languages in the present USA. 1776 when the Decloration of Independence was signed, it was a toss up between several languages; however, Spanish continued to be the collective language of the majority in the present "U.S." at the time of the America Revolution. When new immigrants from Spanish speaking countries assimilate, they assimilate into the USA Spanish speaking community; which has been in existence collectively for 500 years. There are two collective (dual languages) throughout the present USA- Spanish and English. Within the Spanish and English languages which are spoke collectively in the USA, there are thousands of Indigenous Tribes each with their own distinct languages. As the following facts show, the Spanish language was/is not only confined to the American southwest, but is spread through out the present USA.

29. Age Of Exploration In The Americas - Exploring The New World and English explorers that travelled across the Atlantic and explored the NewWorld. francisco vasquez coronado traveled through the present day http://americanhistory.about.com/cs-new/cs/ageofexploration/

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30. Explorers Before Lewis & Clark new York Harbor and the Hudson River, laying claim for France to the new world. 2) francisco vasquez de coronado 30year old explorer, 1540-1542. http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/EarlyExplorers/E

Explorers Before Lewis and Clark Home Circa 1804 Westward Expansion Other Early Explorers EXPLORERS BEFORE LEWIS AND CLARK Seeking a western ocean route to Asia, Christopher Columbus encountered the Caribbean Islands, and claimed them for Spain John and Sebastian Cabot reached the east coast of North America, and claimed it for England. Columbus encountered the coast of Panama Central America was occupied by Spain Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. He landed near modern Jacksonville and sailed around the peninsula, perhaps as far north as Tampa. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explored the Gulf Coast of Mexico and encountered the mouth of the Mississippi River. He nameed it the "Rio del Espiritu Santo." Giovanni da Verrazano encountered New York Harbor and the Hudson River, laying claim for France to the "New World." The Panfilo de Narvaez expedition set out to explore the Gulf coastline from Florida to Texas. The group was attacked by Indians and its boats were swamped. All the expedition members died except for four survivors, who wandered across Texas and the Southwest, eventually contacting the Spanish in Mexico City nearly 10 years later (1536). Lavar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and a black slave named Esteban were two of the three survivors, who described cultures and the geography of the regions they traversed. They gave the world the first description of the American buffalo (bison).

31. AFT - Teachers - Classroom Resources - Hispanic Heritage Month - Discovering The francisco vasquez de coronado explored Arizona, new Mexico, Kansas, He isknown as a courageous leader who helped conquer the new world for Spain. http://www.aft.org/teachers/hispanic-discovering.htm

@import "/css/layout1e.css"; Skip directly to: Content Navigation Block 1 Navigation Block 2 Search ... Teachers National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 - Oct. 15 document.write(' E-mail'); Print Discovering the Americas (Also available in Spanish The age of exploration emerged when European countries explored new lands for political, religious and economic reasons. Spain looked to expand its knowledge of the world, to discover spices and riches and to expand Christianity. This quest drove many Spaniards to a New World where they vigorously explored and conquered rugged lands on two continents beginning in the late 1400s. While many explorers investigated Mexico and Central America, others tentatively explored what is now the United States of America. Spanish Conquistadores Alvar Cabeza de Vaca explored Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), who was born in Portugal, was the first to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the globe. Francisco Pizarro (1475-1541) conquered the Inca Empire and took part in explorations of the northern Caribbean coast of South America. Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519), along with other Spaniards such as Pizarro, became the first to look out at what became the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.

32. ReferenceResources:FamousExplorers francisco vasquez de coronado. CORTES Cortes, a Spanish explorer, conqueredthe Aztecs in the new world? Balboa, an explorer from Spain, http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Explorers.html

Reference Resources: Famous Explorers Explorer Sites A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration Accounts of European voyages and explorations to North America, from Columbus's Atlantic crossing in 1492 to the famous trip through the Northwest Passage by Roald Amundsen in 1905. Alphabetical Navigation permits browsing by explorers' names Discovery and Exploration Maps from the Library of Congress Documents the discovery and exploration of the Americas with both manuscripts and published maps. Many of these maps reflect the European Age of Discoveries, dating from the late 15th century to the 17th century when Europeans were concerned primarily with determining the outline of the continents as they explored and mapped the coastal areas and the major waterways. Also included are 18th and 19th century maps documenting the exploration and mapping of the interior parts of the continents, reflecting the work of Lewis and Clark and subsequent government explorers and surveyors. SEARCHABLE by Keyword or Creator Index

33. AmericanFrontiers.net: Exhibits: History: Spanish Explorers He commanded francisco vasquez de coronado to leave Mexico for points north, Spanish Explorers Venture to the new world PBS Conquistadors http://americanfrontiers.net/explorers/

Spanish Explorers Discovering and Mapping the New World Colonies and Trails Timeline of Spanish in North America History Battle of Big Dry Wash, AZ Classrooms for the Nation 7000 Years of History in SW Wyoming Spanish Explorers in the US ... History in the Rio Abajo Exhibits Conservation History: Those Who Came Before Lifeways: Living with the Land Public Lands: The Big Backyard ... Geography of Freedom Gallery Great quotations, great pictures, great public lands. Public Lands Timeline Great moments in public lands history. Exhibits: History: Spanish Explorers Discovering the New World A royal palm in Big Cypress National Preserve, near the Everglades in Florida Courtesy 1uffakind.com The quest for empire drove countless thousands of Spaniards to the New World, where for 300 years they relentlessly explored the rugged, wild lands of two continents. While many of them focused on the southern latitudes Mexico, Central America, and the Amazon some explorers were tentatively discovering what is now the United States. The first Spanish explorers did not stray far from the Atlantic coast, although Hernando de Soto blazed a cruel path through much of what is now the southeastern part of the United States. But within 50 years of Columbus' discovery, a few adventurous souls would penetrate deep into the interior West. Palmetto near Walton Beach, Florida

34. Spanish America: Definition And Much More From Answers.com Spanish America The former Spanish possessions in the new world, including most of Hernán Cortés, francisco Pizarro, francisco vasquez de coronado, http://www.answers.com/topic/spanish-colonization-of-the-americas

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Dictionary Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Spanish America Dictionary Spanish America The former Spanish possessions in the New World, including most of South and Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and other small islands in the Caribbean Sea. Wikipedia Spanish colonization of the Americas European colonization of the Americas History of the Americas British colonization ... Scottish colonization Spanish colonization Swedish colonization Norwegian colonization Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in . He had been searching for a new route to the Asian Indies and was convinced he had found it. Columbus was made governor of the new territories and made several more journeys across the Atlantic Ocean . He profited from the labour of native slaves , whom he forced to mine gold ; he also attempted to sell some slaves to Spain . While generally regarded as an excellent navigator, he was a poor administrator and was stripped of the governorship in

35. Hernando Cortes Colonists sailed from Spain for the new world, and Cortes provided them land and selected francisco vasquez de coronado to lead the expedition in 1539, http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/cortes.html

Hernando Cortes Spanish Conqueror With a force of fewer than six hundred men supported by twenty horses and ten small cannons, Hernando Cortes invaded and conquered an Aztec empire populated by more than 5 million people. Never before had such a small force conquered such a large region with such massive wealth. Following his birth in 1485 into a Medellin family of minor nobility in southwestern Spain, Cortes briefly studied law before sailing from his homeland to the New World at the age of nineteen to seek his fortune. After several years as a gentleman farmer on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in 1511, Cortes joined the military expedition of Diego de Velazquez that captured Cuba. After the victory, Cortes became the mayor of Santiago and married the sister-in-law of Velazquez. Along his route to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Cortes fought and defeated several other native tribes, including the Tlaxcalans. In each case, Cortes formed alliances with his former foes, enlisting their support against their longtime Aztec enemies. As Cortes neared Tenochtitlan, he also exploited the Aztec myth of a light skinned, bearded god-king named Quetzalcoatl, who, according to legend, had taught them about agriculture and government and whose return they were to welcome with great ceremony. Montezuma, the Aztec leader, made an attempt to stop Cortes, but his defenses lacked unity and tenacity both because of the Quetzalcoatl legend, which dictated that his people welcome the return of the "white god," and the fear generated by Spanish horses and firearms, which the Aztecs had never seen before. As a result of their quandary, the Aztecs offered little resistance, and Cortes quickly defeated their army. On November 18, 1519, Cortes entered the Aztec capital and imprisoned Montezuma.

36. Spanish Colonization Of The Americas - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia It split the mostly unknown new world into two spheres of influence; however, Hernán Cortés, francisco Pizarro, francisco vasquez de coronado, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas

Spanish colonization of the Americas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. European colonization of the Americas History of the Americas British colonization ... Scottish colonization Spanish colonization Swedish colonization Viking colonization Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus in . He had been searching for a new route to the Asian Indies and was convinced he had found it. Columbus was made governor of the new territories and made several more journeys across the Atlantic Ocean . He profited from the labour of native slaves , whom he forced to mine gold ; he also attempted to sell some slaves to Spain . While generally regarded as an excellent navigator, he was a poor administrator and was stripped of the governorship in Contents Early settlement Effect on natives Spanish colonies Caribbean ... edit Early settlement Word of Colombus' discovery caused trouble between Spain and Portugal , each of whom had been given Papal permission to colonize the region. The Treaty of Tordesillas , signed in , was an attempt to resolve this conflict. It split the mostly unknown New World into two

37. VOA Special English - THE MAKING OF A NATION #3 - Europeans Arrive Spanish explorers sought to find gold and power in the new world. Ten yearslater, francisco vasquez de coronado had marched as far north as the central http://www.manythings.org/voa/03/030313mn_t.htm

THE MAKING OF A NATION #3 - March 13, 2003: Europeans Arrive By Nancy Steinbach (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the MAKING OF A NATION, A VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell about how and why European explorers arrived in North America. (THEME) VOICE ONE: The first Europeans arrived about two-thousand years ago in the area now called North America. A Norse explorer, Leif Erickson, sailed his boat from Greenland around the northeastern coast of the continent. He returned home to Greenland to tell others about the new country. He called it "Vinland." A few settlements were created following his explorations. Experts digging in eastern Canada thirty years ago found a village of houses just like those found in Greenland, Iceland and Norway. But the Norsemen did not develop any permanent settlements in North America. VOICE TWO: About Ten-Hundred, Europe was beginning a period of great change. One reason was the religious wars known as the crusades. These wars were efforts by Europeans who were mainly Roman Catholic Christians. They wanted to force Muslims out of what is now the Middle East. The crusades began at the end of the Eleventh Century. They continued for about two-hundred years. The presence of European armies in the Middle East increased trade which was controlled by businessmen in Venice and other Italian city-states. The businessmen were earning large profits by transporting and supplying the warring armies.

38. Modern History Sourcebook: Biographic Sources On Spaniards In The New World, 16t Modern History Sourcebook Biographic Sources On Spaniards In The new world,16th17th Centuries GOVERNOR francisco vasquez de coronado http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17C-spanishbios.html

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Biographic Sources On Spaniards In The New World, 16th-17th Centuries Petitions for Jobs And Money A huge amount of information on individual Spanish settlers in the New world is available. Much comes from petitions - Probanzas de Servicios y Writos -for jobs sent to the king and Council of the Indies. As well as such petitions hundred of autobiographies by church men of the period survive - e.g. at least 355 from 1607 to 1809 in the archdiocesan archive. All this makes possible a social history of Spanish settlement. True Reports Concerning Persons Who Took Part in the Conquest of New Spain and the City of Mexico, Who Went Thither with the Marquis del Valle JUAN XARAMILLO, DECEASED He says that he is a resident of this city and a native of Villanueva de Balcarrota, son of Alonzo Xaramillo and Mencia de Matos. His father served his Majesty in the conquests of Tierra Firme and La Española; he himself went to New Spain with the Marqués del Valle [Cortés], and was present at the taking of this city. He also took part in the conquests of New Spain and its provinces, as he declares, and in those of the Rio de Grijalva, Oaxaca, Pánuco, and Honduras. In remuneration of his services he was given in encomienda the town of Xilotepec. He is in debt and ruined; is married, has his home established, his arms, many horses, and a family. . . .

39. Spanish Entrada in the telling because he was soon followed by francisco vasquez de coronado, But his journey added greatly to the knowledge of the new world, http://www.discoverseaz.com/History/CorExped.html

The Entry of the Spanish The Conquistadors The voyages of Columbus were quickly followed by a burst of Spanish exploration and conquest in Cuba and Mexico. By 1517, Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba, was sending out expeditions to explore the shores of Yucatan and the Mexican Gulf. In November 1518, Hernan de Cortes landed in Mexico with five hundred European soldiers. With the assistance of several thousand Indian allies, Cortes conquered King Montezuma and the Aztec overlords who ruled the land. Horses and superior weapons played an important role in Cortes' ability to conquer the Aztecs. Other contributing factors included the hatred that the Indians bore their Aztec overlords and the assistance of his native interpreter/mistress, Dona Marina, the daughter of an Aztec chief, who had been enslaved by the Mayans of the Yucatan. The Mayans had presented her to Cortes as a peace offering, and she became his mistress and a staunch supporter. In Mexico Cortes found gold and silver in abundance. He was soon able to conquer the Indians of southern Mexico as far south as Guatemala and Honduras. Spanish occupation of northern Mexico was not as rapid. The land was arid, thinly populated and inhospitable. Only the stories of gold drew the adventurers on. The Legend of the Seven Cities As these stories circulated as part of the Spanish lore, tales were coming down from the north from Indians who claimed to have seen cities of buildings four and five stories high, decorated with turquoises. When the four forlorn survivors of the Florida expedition of Narvaez arrived in Mexico in 1536, they reported tales of large and powerful villages, four and five stories high. Cabeza de Vaca, one of these survivors, said that the lands he had actually seen were "remote and malign, devoid of resources," but that the Indians in the Sonora valley had told tales of a rich, faraway people with whom they traded.

40. Spanish Colonization Of The Americas -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article It split the mostly unknown new world into two (Click link for more info and facts about francisco vasquez de coronado) francisco vasquez de coronado, http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/s/sp/spanish_colonization_of_the_a

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