The Latest Word from 1540: People, Places, and Portrayals of the Coronado Expedition

This book examines the environmental and cultural impact of the Coronado expedition while also placing it in the context of what was happening in Mexico as Spain expanded west and north of Mexico City.

Winner of the TOMFRA Award, sponsored by the Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association and presented by the Texas Catholic Historical Society

Between 1539 and 1542, some two thousand people under Spanish leadership, mostly Indians from central and western Mexico, made an armed reconn...