Explore with Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

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Where Are We Heading Viceroy Mendoza and Coronado funded a large expedition to find Cibola Coronado’s journey covered more than 4,000 miles 6,437 km THE CITIES OF CIBOLA Hard traveling through the desert leads to disappointment Did you know Some Spaniards thought that India and China lay to the north of New Spain and could be reached overland They hoped it might be possible to open trade routes to Asia In July 1540 after traveling four months across deserts and over mountains Coronado’s expedition reached what they thought was the city of Cibola But they did not find a city of gold Instead they found Hawikuh Hawikuh was a pueblo or a village of interlocking homes made from baked earth The pueblo was home to the Zuni a group of Native peoples also known as Pueblo peoples 6 TRAVEL WITH THE GREAT EXPLORERS THE GRAND CANYON A first for Europeans Coronado and his men used the name Cibola not only for the city they hoped to find but also for the whole region Coronado sent out groups to explore this region García López de Cárdenas and his team used guides from the local Hopi people to march north After 20 days he and his men reached the edge of a huge gorge with a river far below making them the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon