The Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1 Winship, George Parker 1871-1952 creator Castañeda de Nájera, Pedro de, active 16th century Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de 1510-1554 Jaramillo, Juan Camilo Mendoza, Antonio de 1492?-1552 Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902 text utu 2015 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542" by George Parker Winship is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the expedition led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, focusing on his journey through what is now the southwestern United States as he sought the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. The narrative details not only the expedition's struggles and encounters with Native American tribes but also sets the context through earlier expeditions and reports, primarily from Cabeza de Vaca and Friar Marcos de Niza. The opening of this historical work provides an introductory note that outlines the contributions from various scholars and historians who supported Winship's research. It also details the preliminary itineraries and significant events that lead to the Coronado expedition, laying out the sequential events from previous expeditions that influenced Coronado's journey. Notably, the struggles faced by the earlier explorers, like Narvaez and Cabeza de Vaca, are mentioned, alongside the Californian and Mexican backdrops that shaped the Spanish colonial ambitions. It sets up a rich historical context, preparing readers for the detailed expedition narrative that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2015-11-14 Credits: DP Project Manager for Bureau of American Ethnology Projects, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr); high resolution illustrations were made available by The Internet Archive. Original publication data not identified Southwest, New -- Description and travel Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554 E011 Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50448 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50448 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134147.0 50448