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García López de Cárdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador who was the first European to see the Grand Canyon. Life. Cárdenas was born in Llerena, Crown of Castile, second son to Alonso de Cárdenas, 1st Count of La Puebla del Maestre, and
García López de Cárdenas (gärthē´ä lō´pĕth dā kär´dānäs), fl. 1540, Spanish explorer in the Southwest. A member of the 1540 expedition of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, he was selected to lead a party from Cibola (the Zuñi country of New Mexico) to find a river of which the Hopi had spoken.
Dec 5, 2022 · Garcia Lopez de Cardenas. Coronado found himself involved in innumerable conflicts with the natives of the area, which prevented him from going to meet Alarcón, but not to wait for the Cárdenas...
The part of the story that intrigues me the most is the discovery of Grand Canyon in August of 1540, led by Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, a captain in Coronado’s army.
Learn about the first European to see Grand Canyon in 1540, led by García López de Cárdenas, and other early explorers who tried to navigate the Colorado River. Find out how they documented, understood, and shared the canyon's beauty and danger with the world.
Fue titular de la encomienda de Caravaca en 1429, y años después, en 1442, designado comendador mayor de León por el maestre Enrique, de quien fue estrecho colaborador y fiel consejero.
García López de Cárdenas y Figueroa was a Spanish conquistador who was the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
