Cíbola, Seven Cities of

Cíbola, Seven Cities of
Legendary cities of splendour and riches sought by Spanish conquistadores in North America during the 16th century.

The cities were first reported by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who was shipwrecked off Florida in 1528 and who wandered through what later became Texas and northern Mexico before his rescue in 1536. Expeditions sent to search for the cities were unsuccessful; one led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado in 1540 located a group of Zuni pueblos but failed to find vast treasures.

* * *

▪ legendary cities, North America
Spanish  Las Siete Ciudades de Cíbola 

      legendary cities of splendour and riches sought in the 16th century by Spanish conquistadores in North America. The fabulous cities were first reported by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar) who, after being shipwrecked off Florida in 1528, had wandered through what later became Texas and northern Mexico before his rescue in 1536. The viceroy of New Spain (New Spain, Viceroyalty of), Antonio de Mendoza, sent an expedition in 1539 under Estéban, a black slave who had been shipwrecked with Cabeza de Vaca, and Fray Marcos de Niza (Niza, Marcos de) to verify de Vaca's reports. Fray Marcos, assured of the cities' existence by an Indian informant, claimed to have seen them in the distance. In 1540 Mendoza dispatched Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (Coronado, Francisco Vázquez de) to search for the cities. Instead of finding the legendary cities, though, Coronado encountered only Indian settlements—including the Zuni Pueblos, which originally had inspired the false legend—even though he explored as far north as modern Kansas.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Seven Cities of Gold — Entwickler Ozark Softscape Publisher …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cibola, The Seven Cities of —    Legendary cities from which the first Aztecs originated. It is possible these may be the same as Chicomoztoc …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

  • The Seven Cities of Gold (video game) — Infobox VG |title= The Seven Cities of Gold Commodore 64 version of The Seven Cities of Gold developer= Ozark Softscape publisher= Electronic Arts, Ariolasoft (Europe) designer= Dani Bunten engine= released= 1984 genre= adventure game modes=… …   Wikipedia

  • seven — /sev euhn/, n. 1. a cardinal number, 6 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 7 or VII. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a playing card with seven pips. 5. sevens, (used with a sing. v.) fan tan (def. 1). adj. 6. amounting to seven in …   Universalium

  • Cibola — commonly refers to one of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold. It may also refer to: Cibola, Arizona Cibola County, New Mexico Cibola National Forest, in New Mexico and Oklahoma Zuni Cibola Complex, a historic landmark district, once rumored to be …   Wikipedia

  • Cibola High School (Yuma, Arizona) — Cibola High School Location 4100 W. 20th St. Yuma, Arizona 85364 Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Cíbola —   [ siβola], ursprünglich das Gebiet der Zuni Indianer im westlichen New Mexico mit den sagenhaften »sieben goldenen Städten«. Das Gerücht über deren Reichtum führte zu mehreren Expeditionen spanischer Konquistadoren, darunter F. Vázquez de… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Cibola — Cités d or Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cité d or. « Cibola » redirige ici. Pour le comté du même nom, au Nouveau Mexique, voir Comté de Cibola. Les cités d or sont un …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cíbola — Cités d or Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cité d or. « Cibola » redirige ici. Pour le comté du même nom, au Nouveau Mexique, voir Comté de Cibola. Les cités d or sont un …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cíbola — geographical name historical region in present N New Mexico including seven pueblos (the Seven Cities of Cíbola) believed by early Spanish explorers to contain vast treasures …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”