francisco vazquez de coronado

  • Jan 1, 1510

    Date of birth

    this is the year coronadlo was born
  • Jan 1, 1535

    arrives at the new world

    this is the year that coronado reached new spain
  • Jan 1, 1536

    started talking about cibola

    this the year that coronado spoke cibola the seven cites of gold
  • Dec 2, 1540

    starts looking for cibola

    this is when coronado starts sets of for cibola
  • Jan 1, 1541

    quivira

    on his way to cibola he also spoke of quivira which was supposed to be the richest indian tribe in the new world but it turned out to be some poor wichtas
  • Jan 1, 1542

    returns to mexico city

    after his failure to locate cibola and quivira he went back to mexico city
  • Jan 1, 1551

    found the rio grande

    this the year when coronado found the rio grande
  • Sep 22, 1554

    coronado's death

    this is the year coronado died
  • the city of coronado is founded

    about 200 years later the city of coronado is founded in california