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The myth of the Seven Cities of Gold, also known as the Seven Cities of Cíbola (/ ˈ s iː b ə l ə /), was popular in the 16th century and later featured in several works of popular culture. According to legend, the seven cities of gold referred to Aztec mythology revolving around the Pueblos of the Spanish Nuevo México , modern New Mexico ...
Vázquez de Coronado had hoped to reach the Cities of Cíbola, often referred to now as the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. His expedition marked the first European sightings of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, among other landmarks. His name is often Anglicized as Vasquez de Coronado or just Coronado.
The name "Cibola" first entered recorded history in 1539, when Spaniards in southern New Spain (present day Mexico and Central America) heard rumors that there was a province by this name with "Seven Cities of Gold", located across the desert hundreds of leagues to the north.
Route of the Coronado Expedition, 1540–1542. Depiction of Coronado's expedition.Coronado sets out to the north, oil painting by Frederic Remington, c. 1900.. In 1540, Spaniard Francisco Vásquez de Coronado commanded a large expedition north from Mexico to search for wealth and the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Radiocarbon dating places the gun in the same time period of the 1539-1542 Coronado expedition, led by the Spanish explorer in hopes of finding the gold cities of Cibola, which were rumored by ...
Cevola (sometimes Sevola) or Cibola, the Spanish transliteration of a native name for a pueblo (Hawikuh Ruins) conquered by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado; One of the Seven Cities of Gold, the Spanish legend that Coronado tracked to Hawikuh; The Zuni-Cibola Complex, which contains the Hawikuh Ruins
Map of Hawikuh Ruins by Victor Mindeleff, 1891. In 1539, The Spanish send Marcos de Niza along with Estevanico and Sonoran Natives to investigate rumors of the seven cities of gold, Estevanico became the first non-native to visit and die in Hawikuh.
Padilla and three other Franciscans, together with more than 300 Spanish soldiers and workers, accompanied Coronado on his quest for the Seven Cities of Gold, a mythical land of great wealth. When Coronado abandoned his search, Padilla and others followed him to explore what is now the Southwestern United States ; Padilla was one of the first ...