Castañeda's Narrative Of Coronado's Search For Quivira

Pedro de Castañeda, a member and chronicler of the Coronado expedition, wrote an account of Coronado's Expedition 1540-1542. In this account, Castaneda included his observations and experiences of Coronado's search for Quivira. The search for Quivira portion of Castenda's account is presented here, is from George Parker Winship's book, "The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542". Winship's book is available at Project Gutenberg.

According to the Hanbook of Texas website by the TSHA, Castañeda's original account, "Relación de la jornada de Cíbola compuesta por Pedro de Castañeda de Nácera donde se trata de todas aquellos poblados y ritos, y costumbres, la cual fué el año de 1540, has been lost, but a copy made in 1596 is in the Lenox Library in New York City. The narrative appears most recently in both Spanish and English, edited by George Parker Winship."

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How The General Managed To Go In Search Of Quivira Pedro de Castañeda 1340
How They Started In Search Of Quivira And What Happened Pedro de Castañeda 1447
How Great Stones Fell In The Camp, And How They Discovered Another Ravine Pedro de Castañeda 1712
How The Army Returned To Tiguex And The General Reached Quivira Pedro de Castañeda 1554
How The General Returned From Quivira And Of Other Expeditions Pedro de Castañeda 1424
Quivira, Of Where It Is And Some Information About It Pedro de Castañeda 2096
Some Remarkable Things That Were Seen On The Plains Pedro de Castañeda 1796