about 1540s
Yes, much of what today is the American Southwest was first surveyed during the Coronado expedition.
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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado sailed to Mexico.
francisco coronado explored the grand canyon he was also the first European to discover most of the u.s.'s southwest after coronado was sick and unconscious for many days he returned back to new Spain and died on September 22 in New Mexico
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The first explorer to discover New Mexico was Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado.
Francisco Coronado landed on the pacific coast of new Spain, now Mexico.
Now known as Arizona, and New Mexico. Also The Grand Canyon.
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Francisco Vazquez reprsented Mexico
New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado.
He met his wife in Mexico