Book description
In 1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, the governor of Nueva Galicia
in western Mexico, led an expedition of reconnaissance and expansion
to a place called Cíbola, far to the north in what is now New Mexico.
The essays collected in this book bring multidisciplinary expertise to
the study of that expedition. Although scholars have been examining
the Coronado expedition for over 460 years, it left a rich documentary
record that still offers myriad research opportunities from a variety
of approaches.
Volume contributors are from a range of disciplines including
history, archaeology, Latin American studies, anthropology, astronomy,
and geology. Each addresses as aspect of the Coronado Expedition from
the perspectives of his/her field, examining topics that include
analyses of Spanish material culture in the New World; historical
documentation of finances, provisioning, and muster rolls; Spanish
exploration in the Borderlands; Native American contact with Spanish
explorers; and determining the geographic routes of the Expedition.
Richard Flint is the author of No Settlement, No
Conquest, The Coronado Expedition: From the Distance of 460
Years (UNM Press); Great Cruelties Have Been Reported: The 1544
Investigation of the Coronado Expedition; and The Coronado
Expedition to Tierra Nueva.
Shirley Cushing Flint is the co-editor and author of
numerous articles and books. Her latest book project is No Mere
Shadow: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico.
