Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Author of "North Americans of Yesterday," &C.f.s. Dellenbaugh. Advertisement ...

Researchers believe that what is called a “wall gun” dates from the 1539-1542 expedition of Spanish explorer Vázquez de Coronado, who scoured the southwest seeking gold he never found.

Last year, researchers published a study about two cannons unearthed near the modern-day U.S.-Mexico border that are from the 1500s, when the Spanish explorer Coronado was leading a violent expedition ...

By employing radiocarbon dating and other cutting-edge techniques, researchers were able to date the historical smoking gun back to Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s doomed campaign between 1539 ...

Archaeologist Dr Deni Seymour discovers where explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition first crossed into what would become the continental United States. She also discovers evidence ...