In the conquest of America , the expeditions and massacres of Hernan Cor tes in Mexico and Francisco Pizarro in Peru were the most episodes known. But, by the same dates, other conquerors They rushed to all the directions of the continent they had just discovered.They had to venture to North America, in search of the treasures of the "Seven Cities of Cibola." But the Coronado expedition, which traced the Colorado, discovered the Grand Canon and crossed the Prairie, did not achieve the desired results in 1540.The silver mines discovered in the desert mountains of northern Mexico (Zacatecas , 1546) pointed out for a long time the advanced front of the Spanish colonization, which did not enter the open spaces of North America. A troubled dream ba all the spirits: that of El Dorado , the mysterious king who, as it was said, anoints the body with gold polco before bathing in a sacred lagoon. The Ram , by Juan Rodriguez Freyle, would report that: "They stri...
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