Summary Of 1540 By Francisco De Coronado

Francisco Vazquez De Coronado was a male Spanish Conquistador and explorer. He was born and raised in Salamanca, Spain, and he decided to go explore the Southwestern region of what is now the United States when he was 30 years of age. “Between 1540 and 1542 Francisco Vazquez De Coronado explored New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas searching for precious metals. His letter provides one of the first detailed European descriptions of the Southwestern environment and the inhabitants’ attitudes toward the Spanish newcomers.” In this article written by Francisco Vazquez De Coronado he goes into depth about how this Southwest region could help him and his people be better off in life, as stated here, “Very good grass is found a quarter of a league away,

From this, we can infer that they did not have a set measuring system like we have nowadays. They used the term “league” as a set distance of measurement and the only way of measurement. The time period in which this piece was written was during the mid 1500’s in the Southwest Region of “The New World”. This short letter was written in 1540 by Francisco Vazquez De Coronado while he was exploring. Although Francisco was searching for precious metals, he wanted to go back to Spain and be able to show his people what he found while he was exploring. He was able to learn a lot about the abundance of food, and resources that this land was able to offer. “The food which they eat in this country is corn, of which they have a great abundance, and beans and venison, which they probably eat (although they say they do not), because we found many skins of deer and hares and rabbits.” Him documenting this information is huge, because it shows us that the Spanish people were in need of a better

To the Spanish, this was eye opening, they realized that by advancing their technology they would be able to make more items quicker, or in this case, grind more salt into crystals. This ultimately ended up being a goal of Spain’s because they wanted to be wealthier and more powerful.

This article was directed right at the people of Spain, and the entire Spanish government,“One of these Indian women here will grind as much as four of the Mexicans.” This sentence proves exactly that. He was talking about “the” Mexicans, not just any, but the ones he knows in his country. Francisco was trying to depict exactly how life was in this country to which he was new, to his people back home. This was of great importance to the Spanish people, because they all wanted to know what life was like on the other side of the world. During this time period, we learned that life wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies. Every person had to work for every meal, every dollar, and every single piece of clothing they got. The idea that there was an abundance of food and supplies here was extremely important to these people, this would ultimately have a great influence on them and their way of life. This impacts the volume of the