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The Santa Fe Trail Part Two A Spanish Quest to New Mexico
The article traces Cortes and early Spanish exploration from Cuba to Mexico City and Zuni pueblos, notes Cabeza de Vaca and Espejo, and outlines the founding of Santa Fe, El Camino Real, and the Santa Fe Trail linking to Missouri. It mentions Coronado, Onate, Vargas, and the 1680 Pueblo revolt, with context on early New Mexico demography and territorial claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirrando Cortes
Cubam Oo
Gulf
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
Down
Marcos de Niza
Onorato
San Miguel
Negro Estavanico
Zuni Pueblos
Nwe Mexico
Gila River Valley
Anahuac
Central America
Nove
Montezuma II
Cortes
Audiencias
New Spain
Antonio de Mendoza
Mendoza
Cabeza de Vaca
Alvar Nunez
San Miguel de Culiacan
Tampa Bay
Florida
Panfilo de Narvaerz
Estavanico
Cibola
Zuni
New Mexico
Bancroft
de Vaca
North America
Asia
Columbus
Indies
Strait of Anian
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
San Pedro River
Father Marcos
Santa Fe
Kansas
Quivira
Great Bend
Coronado
Cimarron
Augustin Rodriguez
Rio Grande Valley
Don Juan de Onate
New Mix
Leo
Victty
Santa Rech
Peyom
Aseeral Hetyy
Chihuahua
Paso del Norte
Caypa
San Juan de Los Caballeros
Clama River
Villa Renu de la Santa Fe
de Sar Francise de Assist
Prancis
Assist
New Mevice
Eda
United States
St. Augustine
Atlantic
Robert Cavalier
Sieur de la Salle
Mississippi River
Louis XIV
France
Great Plains
Middle West
Dom Diego de Vargas Zapata
Lujan
Santa Cruz de la Canada
Albuquerque