[DOC] [TLE] Francisco Vzquez de Coronado - Wikipedia [PAR] Francisco Vzquez de Coronado y Lujn (1510  22 September 1554) was a 
Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition ... His expedition 
marked the first European sightings of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado .... He 
traveled alongside this stream for some distance, then crossed to the Rio Sonora,
... [DOC] [TLE] The Conquistador Story | Texas State History Museum [PAR] The Spanish soldier-explorers came to Texas in search of gold and glory.
 They didn't find gold or much glory, but what one conquistador did find changed him.
 ... During the Age of Exploration, Spanish conquistadors came to the Americas in search of the three G's: gold, glory, and God. [DOC] [TLE] De Soto reaches the Mississippi - May 08, 1541 - HISTORY.com [PAR] A fine horseman and a daring adventurer, de Soto explored Central America and 
... As was the method of Spanish conquest elsewhere in the Americas, de Soto ill-
treated and ... west again, crossing into north Texas before returning to the 
Mississippi. .... Mexican force in the Battle of Palo Alto north of the Rio Grande 
River. [DOC] [TLE] EXPLORATION | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ... [PAR] Another and equally luckless rival of Corts brought Spanish explorers back to 
the ... Cabeza de Vaca was not an explorer in the traditional or scientific sense. ... 
The Coronado expedition penetrated Texas from the west in 1541, while the 
survivors of ... They started from Monclovaqv, crossed the Rio Grande at an 
unknown... [DOC] [TLE] Coronado's Journey Through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and ... [PAR] In April 1541, the entire army marched east to the Texas panhandle, and in May 
Coronado ... Although the Coronado expedition mapped the northern Gulf, 
pioneered a route to New Mexico, explored America all the way to Kansas, and ... 
another which went east to discover the pueblos along the Rio Grande and the 
plains... [DOC] [TLE] ' 5 The Search for Empire - Worley Texas History [PAR] Hernan Gallegos. 1541 Explorer 1554 A Spanish writes about the ...... containing 
several American Indian villages near the Rio Grande in what is now ... 
Coronado see while crossing the Texas Panhandle? expedition in Texas? The 
Search... [DOC] [TLE] Early European Exploration and Development | Texas Almanac [PAR] 1519 Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the Texas coastline. ... 
de Vaca and crew are shipwrecked near Galveston and begin exploration. 1541. 
... Paso by Juan de Oate, the members of his expedition and natives of the 
region. ... all land drained by the Rio Grande in the name of the King Philip II of 
Spain. [DOC] [TLE] The First Thanksgiving? | Texas Almanac [PAR] A new Thanksgiving tradition has taken root in Texas. ... by Spanish explorer 
Juan de Oate and his expedition on April 30, 1598. ... He was granted land in 
the northern Rio Grande Valley among the Pueblo Indians by the viceroy of New 
Spain. ... colonists, wives and children and 7,000 head of livestock, was ready to 
cross... [DOC] [TLE] Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical ... [PAR] Modern postcard illustrating Coronado's expedition in 1541 Francisco Vasquez 
de Coronado, the Spanish governor of Nueva Galicia, a province in ... Another 
traveled eastward to the Rio Grande and found more Indian pueblos. ... Crossing 
the land of present day Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles often following buffalo
... [DOC] [TLE] Coronado Expedition - From Cibola To Quivira - DesertUSA [PAR] The Coronado Expedition From Cibola To Quivira Then Home. ... With Bigotes 
and Cacique, Alvarado followed the Rio Grande as far upstream as Taos. ... He 
crossed to the Canadian River and followed it downstream to the western edge of 
the ..... Texas, have yielded 16th century Spanish copper and iron crossbow 
points,... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. 
He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft, then walked from Texas to Mexico 
City. ... He also tried to start a settlement in Quebec (in 1541),

Question: The expedition of this Spanish conquistador crossed the Rio Grande & explored Texas in 1541
Answer: Coronado