biography
| name: |
Coronado, Francisco Vázquez de
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pronunciation:
[koronahthoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1510–54)
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| biography:
| Conquistador and explorer of Mexico, born in Salamanca, W Spain. In 1540 he commanded an expedition which penetrated into what is now the SW of the USA, and discovered the Grand Canyon of Colorado. |
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