The lost cities of El Norte : Coronado's quest, the unconquered West, and the birth of American Indian resistance /

"In 1540, the grandest exploring expedition ever assembled in the Americas paraded north from the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, a glittering column of 2,000 men heading into the unknown. Their destination was El Norte Misterioso--The Mysterious North, present-day United States--where...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stark, Peter, 1954- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Mapping Specialists, Ltd (Cartographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Mariner Books, [2026]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, > 1510-1554 > Travel > West (U.S.) Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, > 1510-1554 > Travel > Southwest, New. Cibola, Seven Cities of. Indigenous peoples > West (U.S.) > History. Indigenous peoples > Southwest, New > History. West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration > Spanish. Southwest, New > Discovery and exploration > Spanish. Pueblo Indians > Wars. Southwest, Old > History. Pueblo > Guerres. États-Unis (Vieux Sud-Ouest) > Histoire. HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY / Indigenous. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Informational works. Documents d'information.

Table of Contents:

List of participants
Prologue: Glint on the horizon
Part I: La entrada : the entrance. The delicate lady
Friars and fortune seekers
An upraised visor
The middle of the heart of Mother Earth
Wandering the ocean
Dowa Yalanne : Corn Mountain
Part II: La Tierra Nueva : the new land. The heart of brightness
A continent's marketplace
Raising the cross
Two tales of gold
A silver tube
Part III: The unraveling. The fog of war
The deadly shrub
A thousand arroyos
Woodhenge
Part IV: La salida : the exit. The breaking wave of empire
The plot
Between two horses
Epilogue: The end of empire and the birth of native resistance
Fate of the characters.