In 1540, a Spanish leader named left on an ordered by to search for the Seven Cities of Cibola. He had heard exciting of shining and rich stone . The journey took his men across hot , steep , and wide plains filled with .
Many of Coronado’s men were Spanish who wore metal and rode horses. They depended on and local trails as they followed the and crossed nearby lands. At the pueblos and other communities, language differences sometimes led to , but sharing food and helped keep the going across the flat .
Historians now view Coronado’s as an example of how a powerful can shape real events. Stories about Cibola spread through Europe in letters and that sometimes mixed facts with . While the search failed to find treasure, it widened the Spanish across the Southwest and brought more contact with peoples. Later used information from the trip to draw maps of the North American . Coronado’s also reminds readers to question exaggerated about distant lands.
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