What was Coronado's full name?
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Juan Ponce de León
Hernán Cortés
Diego Velázquez
Answer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish explorer who led an expedition into the present-day southwestern United States in the 16th century. He was born in Salamanca, Spain, in 1510 and died in Mexico City in 1554. Coronado's expedition was one of the first European explorations of the interior of North America.
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