Alt Text Historical map of the Coronado Expedition of 1540 to 1542, which passes by Coronado National Memorial in Arizona. Shown in red, a meandering line marks the expedition route from Mexico to the southwest up to the state of Kansas in the northeast. Extended Description The map shows the United States from California in the west to Tennessee in the east, and from Nevada across to Illinois in the north to Mexico in the south. The Pacific Ocean lies along the left edge, and the Gulf of Mexico fills the lower right corner of the map. Over a dozen rivers form a network of rivers across the landscape, and the Rocky Mountains run mostly north-south about halfway across the map. Coronado National Memorial is in the southeast quadrant of the map in Arizona right above the Mexico border. Pecos National Historical Park is in the center of the map in the northeastern corner of New Mexico. Expedition Route Near the west coast, a thin red line begins in present-day Yuma, Arizona, near the confluence of the Colorado and Gila Rivers. That line cuts down to and through the Gulf of California heading south and disappears off the bottom edge of the map. The line is labeled “Alarcón and supply ships, August 1540.” Just east of this, an arrow in Mexico points up next to text reading, “Coronado departed from Compostela February 1540.” A thicker red line labeled “Coronado” weaves north and slightly east along the Rio Sonora and the towns of Hermosillo, Ures, and Arizpe, Mexico, which are labeled in gray text. Still headed north, the route enters Arizona near Coronado National Memorial, passing close to present-day Sierra Vista, labeled in gray, along the San Pedro River. The route curves to the east at the New Mexico border where a black square near present-day Gallup is labeled, “Háwikuh, July 1540.” Following the same eastward trajectory, sites along the way are shown from west to east as follows: Acoma labeled in black text; Albuquerque in gray; Tiguex in black with the notation, “winter 1540 to 1541; and Santa Fe in gray. The next stop, Cicuyé labeled in black text, is the site of Pecos National Historical Park. Just past Pecos, the route becomes a dashed red line as it enters the Texas panhandle with text that reads, “Coronado’s route across the plains is uncertain.” The line forks just shy of Amarillo, noted in gray, and travels up to Dodge City, also gray, along two possible routes. East of Dodge City, the dashed red line continues to Salina, in gray, and it ends at a black square with black text reading, “Supposed location of Quivira (spring 1541).” Two arms branch off the route, one in Arizona and one in New Mexico. The western of these branches, “Cárdenas Tovar,” begins at Háwikuh right over the Arizona and New Mexico border but most of it runs across Arizona. Hopi, in black text, falls about halfway along this branch, which then crosses the Little Colorado River before ending near the Grand Canyon. The other branch runs north and south of Tiguex in New Mexico. The northern arm ends at Taos, labeled in black, and the lower passes Socorro, labeled in gray. This branch is labeled “Alvarado.” Text near the lower right corner of the map reads, “While Coronado was in what is now Kansas, DeSoto’s expedition was a few hundred miles to the southeast in present-day Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.” Surrounding area Other present-day cities are labeled in gray text across the map from west to east as follows: Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tucson in Arizona; El Paso along the Rio Grande and Lubbock near Llano Estacado, both in Texas; and Kansas City between the Kansas and Missouri Rivers on the border of Kansas and Missouri. Legend In the lower left corner of the map, a scale measures distances of 200 kilometers and 200 miles. Below, a key shows a small black square for historic pueblo. Additionally, text reads, “For reference, modern features are shown in gray.”