Alarcón an d s up p ly ships A l v a r a d o T o v a r C á r d e n a s C o r o n a r d o Coronado National Memorial Phoenix Tucson El Paso Sierra Vista Hermosillo Arizpe Ures Socorro Flagstaff Yuma Gallup Albuquerque Santa Fe Kansas City Dodge City Salina Amarillo Lubbock Cicuyé Taos Supposed location of Quivira Acoma Háwikuh Hopi Tiguex Pecos National Historical Park Coronado departed from Compostela February 1540 July 1540 August 1540 Winter 1540–41 Spring 1541 KY TENN MISS LOUISIANA TEXAS OKLAHOMA KANSAS NEBRASKA CALIFORNIA NEVADA ARIZONA NEW MEXICO UTAH COLORADO ARKANSAS ILLINOIS MISSOURI MEXICO UNITED STATES 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. PACIFIC OCEAN GULF OF MEXICO G U L F O F C AL I F O R N I A R i o G r a n d e P e c o s R i v e r C o l o r ad o R i v e r R i o So n o r a G i l a Ri v er Sa n P e d r o R e d Ri v e r B r a z o s R i v e r K a n s a s R i ver A r kans as R i ve r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s o u r i R i v e r Ca n a d i a n R i v e r Little Colorado River Zuni River R O C K Y M O U N T A I N S G R A N D C A N Y O N LLANO ESTACADO North 200 Kilometers 0 0 200 Miles Historic pueblo For reference, modern features are shown in GRAY. The Coronado Expedition, 1540–42