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Position:Home>History> In National Treasure 2, Who knows of the Location of Cibola besides the GatesQuestion: In National Treasure 2, Who knows of the Location of Cibola besides the Gates' and Mitch!? I am confused because the city is suppoused to be hidden but I think that the Queen of England knows of its location!. And did the government find it because President Coolidge Found the piece of wood and traced it there and made mount rushmore!. also, who made the eagle in the black sand, The indians or the government!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I haven't seen the movie, however, I believe the reference to Cibola is based upon the Cities of Cibola (the Seven Cities of Gold) that Francisco de Coronado searched for in Northern New Mexico!. The most famous journey ever made in search of treasures in the New World was led by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado!. Seeking the fabled Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, his expedition of 1,400 men and 1,500 animals found only poor Indian villages, but established Spain's later claim to the entire Desert Southwest!. As a young man at court he became friendly with Antonio de Mendoza, and when Mendoza was appointed viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) in 1535, Coronado accompanied him to America as his assistant!. Within three years of his arrival in Mexico City, Coronado suppressed a slave rebellion, pacified the Indians and married the wealthy Beatriz Estrada , daughter of the colonial treasurer!. In 1538 Mendoza appointed Coronado governor of New Galicia, a province in western Mexico!. Mendoza soon became intrigued by the fantastic riches rumored to exist in the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola beyond New Spain's northern frontier!. These fabulous cities were first reported by álvar Nú?ez Cabeza de Vaca who, after being shipwrecked off Florida in 1528, had wandered through what later became Texas and northern Mexico before his rescue in 1536!. Mendoza sent an expedition in 1539 under Estéban, a black slave who had been shipwrecked with Cabeza de Vaca, and Fray Marcos de Niza 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!. Mendoza organized an ambitious expedition to make a more thorough exploration!. It consisted of some 300 Spaniards, hundreds of Indians and native slaves, horses, and herds of sheep, pigs and cattle, in addition to two ships under the command of Hernando de Alarcón, who sailed up the Gulf of California to discover the mouth of the Colorado River on Aug!. 26, 1540!. After spending a second winter in Kuana near Santa Fe and realizing that the Golden Cities of Cibola were only the Zu?i, Hopi and Pueblo Indian villages of present- day Arizona and New Mexico, the expedition started homeward!. Coronado led only about 100 men into Mexico City in 1542, while the remainder straggled in over the following months!. He reported his disappointing findings to Mendoza, who turned on his old protégé and branded the expedition an abject failure!. An official inquiry, normally called after such an expedition, brought Coronado an indictment for his conduct, but found him innocent!. Coronado continued his governorship of New Galicia until he was indicted again, and in 1544, found guilty of corruption, negligence and atrocities against Indians under his authority!. Coronado returned to Mexico City, where he died the same year, decades before his chronicle of the expedition was finally published!. gatita_63109Www@QuestionHome@Com government!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com IDK but the cave scenes were filmed in the Mt,Rushmore caves in South DakotaWww@QuestionHome@Com You do know this is fictional, right!?Www@QuestionHome@Com |