Fransisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján from 1510 - 22 September 1554 was a Spanish conquistador and explorer, who led a large expedition from Mexico to the present-day Kansas through parts of the South western US between 1540 and 1542. Coronado believed that the Seven cities of Gold, paved roads with gold, and other stuff. It wasn't real. Lots of famous sailors hoped to find it but it wasn't true. His name is often Anglicized as "Vazquez de Coronado"







He was born into a noble family in Salamanca, Spain.