Friday, May 13, 2022

A Different Idea About Coronado's Path

Here is an interesting video about one of those understudied, enduring mysteries: Coronado's exact path on his way to Cibola in 1540. The Arizona-New Mexico landscape can be interpreted in different ways, as can the original Spanish documents, which are a bit vague anyway because the Spanish explorers were in a new, unfamiliar land. This fellow mentions Nugent Brasher, so he is familiar with Brasher's work, but he places his path farther east than Brasher does. Which is all good for the purpose of debate. For me, for now, I stay faithful to Brasher's interpretation, which places Chichilticale west, not east, of the Chiricahuas.

 

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