Francisco Vasquez de Coronado  

                           By  Lauren G.  

                 

Born-1510  Died-1554

      Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was a Spanish Explorer and Conquistador. He was the first European to explore Southwestern North America.

      He was a governor of New Galicia, a province of Western Mexico. He searched vigorously for the Seven Cities of Gold that were said to be in the