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Coronado National Memorial

Phoenix

Tucson

Culicán

Compostela

El PasoSierra Vista

Hermosillo

Arizpe

Ures

Socorro

Flagstaff

Yuma

Gallup

Albuquerque

Santa Fe

Kansas City

Dodge City

Salina

Amarillo

Lubbock

CicuyéTaos

Supposed locationof Quivira

AcomaHáwikuh

Hopi Tiguex Pecos NationalHistorical Park

Coronado departed from Compostela February 1540

July 1540

August 1540

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U N I T E D S T A T E S

While Coronado was in what is now Kansas, De Soto’s expedition was a few hundred miles to the southeast in present-day Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.

Coronado’s route across the plains is uncertain.

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Historic pueblo

For reference, modern features are shown in GRAY.

The Coronado Expedition, 1540–42