Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
(Circa 1510 – 1554)
- Governor of Spanish-ruled Mexico
- Searching for gold, explored land that would become Kansas in 1541
- He and his men were first Europeans to visit Kansas
- His horses were the first to be seen by Plains Indians
- Wrote to King of Spain of “shaggy cows” (buffalo) on the plains
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