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University of New Mexico Press 800-249-7737 unmpress.com ISBN 978-0-8263-2976-9 ËxHSKIMGy329769zv*:+:!:+:! history · New Mexico/Southwest “This book provides an excellent background for anyone studying or teaching the U.S. West, Native American history, or the Spanish Borderlands by weaving together archaeology, folklore, geography, and history to give an excellent picture of an often overlooked period of exploration and contact.” —New Mexico Historical Review “The efforts of this team of writers have produced an insightful view of the Coronado Expedition. This book is a shining example of how scholars from different disciplines, working together, can add to the knowledge of such a studied topic.”—East Texas Historical Association 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 volume bring multidisciplinary expertise to the study of that expedition. Volume contributors are from a range of disciplines including history, archaeology , Latin American studies, anthropology, astronomy, and geology. Each addresses an aspect of the Coronado Expedition from the perspective of his or 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 and SHIRLEY CUSHING FLINT are also the editors of Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539–1542: “They Were Not Familiar with His Majesty, nor Did They Wish to Be His Subjects” and The Latest Word from 1540: People, Places, and Portrayals of the Coronado Expedition, both published by the University of New Mexico Press. Cover painting: Encounter: Advance Guard of Coronado’s Army Reaches Cíbola, July 1540. Courtesty of William K. Hartmann, © 1999 Cover design: Melissa Tandysh ...

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