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The 1955 film Seven Cities of Gold starring Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, and Michael Rennie tells the story of a 1769 Spanish expedition to California led by Gaspar De Portola to search of gold and to set up Spanish colonies. However, Father Junipero Serra is there to set up a network of Roman Catholic missions.
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- Narvaez Expedition & de Vaca
- De Niza Expedition
- Coronado Expedition
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The story of the Seven Cities of Cibola begins with an expedition that had nothing to do with it. In 1527, the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez (d. 1528) was sent from Spain with 600 men, a certain number of womenand slaves, and five ships to colonize Florida, which had been claimed for the Spanish Crown by Ponce de León (l. 1474-1521) in 1513. They...
Word of the riches to the north finally reached the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza (l. 1495-1552), who then ordered a scouting party organized to be led by the friar Marcos de Niza in 1539. The problem was, however, that no one knew where these cities of gold were. De Vaca, the main source of these stories, had sailed back to Spain in 153...
Coronado was the governor of New Galicia (modern-day Sinaloa and surrounding areas in Mexico) in New Spain at this time and married to a woman from a wealthy family. He was backed by her family and secure in his position when he heard de Niza’s story of Cibola and volunteered his services to Mendoza to lead the expedition. He was so confident of su...
The quest for the Seven Cities of Cibola was only one of over 130 expeditions launched by the Spanish in the Americas in search of gold during this period. At the same time Coronado was ravaging the southwest, Hernando de Soto (l. c. 1500-1542) was raping, murdering, and burning the villages of the natives of the Mississippi River Valley on his que...
Learn about the mythical lands of gold that the Spanish of the 16th century believed existed in the southwest of North America. Discover how the quest for Cibola led to the disastrous expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and the destruction of many native communities.
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Download The Seven Cities of Gold, a historical adventure game with real-time action, strategy and exploration. Available for Commodore 64, Amiga, Apple II and Atari 8-bit platforms.
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- Commodore 64
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- Canada (1984)United Kingdom (1985)
The Seven Cities of Gold is a strategy video game created by Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) and Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1984.
A 1955 American historical adventure film based on a novel by Isabelle Gibson Ziegler. It depicts the founding of the first missions in California by Father Junípero Serra and his conflict with a treacherous lieutenant.
Step into the role of Christopher Columbus and chart a course to an unknown world of discovery, exploration, and conquest! The Commemorative Edition of Seven Cities of Gold is a remake of the 1984 classic, featuring enhanced graphics and sound. As a fledgling 15th century explorer you have been giv...
A 1955 adventure film about a Spanish expedition to California in search of gold and missions. See the cast, crew, plot, trivia, reviews, and more on IMDb.
