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Introduction : the mechanics of the event -- Whys and wherefores -- Precious goods of greater India, China, and Antilia -- Cíbola, a name for the goal -- License from the king and his council -- Raising a force and paying for it -- Avoiding provocation, demanding submission -- Almost a highway -- By sea to Chichilticale -- Inside Cíbola -- Refusal to submit -- In the wake of disillusionment -- Overture from Cicuique -- The heart of the land of flat-roofed towns -- Vassalage denied -- To the farthest edge -- What was seen and what was not -- Disintegration and withdrawal -- Upshot -- One of a hundred and thirty -- Discontinuity at mid-century -- Enduring life of rumor -- Violence, expected but not sought -- Maps -- Major Spanish-led expeditions in the Western hemisphere, 1492-1598, by date, leader, and area -- Chronological context of the Coronado Entrada, A.D. 700-1609. |
