coronado expedition route map
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Alarcón and sup
ply ships
Alv
arad
o
Tovar
Cárd enas
Coro
nard
o
Coronado National Memorial
Phoenix
Tucson
Culicán
Compostela
El PasoSierra Vista
Hermosillo
Arizpe
Ures
Socorro
Flagstaff
Yuma
Gallup
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Dodge City
Salina
Amarillo
Lubbock
CicuyéTaos
Supposed locationof Quivira
AcomaHáwikuh
Hopi Tiguex Pecos NationalHistorical Park
Coronado departed from Compostela February 1540
July 1540
August 1540
Winter1540–41
Spring 1541 K Y
T E N N
M I S S
L O U I S I A N AT E X A S
O K L A H O M A
K A N S A S
N E B R A S K A
C A L I F O R N I A
N E V A D A
A R I Z O N A
N E W M E X I C O
U T A H
C O L O R A D O
A R K A N S A S
I L L I N O I S
M I S S O U R I
M E X I C O
U N I T E D S T A T E S
While Coronado was in what is now Kansas, De Soto’s expedition was a few hundred miles to the southeast in present-day Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.
Coronado’s route across the plains is uncertain.
P A C I F I C
O C E A N
G U L F O F M E X I C O
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LFO
FC
ALIFO
RN
IA
Rio
Gra n d e
Peco s R i v er
Co
lora
do
Riv
er
Rio Sono r a
Gila River
San P
ed
ro
Red River
Brazos Rive
r
Kansas River
Arkansas R i v e r
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siss
ipp
i R
ive
r
Mis sou r i R i v e r
Canad i a n R iverLitt le Colorado
River
ZuniRiver
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G R A N D C A N Y ON
L L A N OE S T A C A D O
North
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0 200 Miles
Historic pueblo
For reference, modern features are shown in GRAY.
The Coronado Expedition, 1540–42