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Bookmark or Share- Cibola - The Seven Cities of Gold & CoronadoThe Seven Cities of Cibola are the mythical lands of gold that the Spanish of the 16th century believed existed somewhere in the southwest of North America, comparable to the better-known mythical city of El Dorado. No sites matching the descriptions of the European explorers who first reported them were found but these launched an expedition ...
- Seven Cities of Cibola | National GeographicSeven Cities of Cibola. The fabled city was rumored to hold great wealth. By Willie Drye. 4 min read. In 1539, Friar Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan priest, reported to Spanish colonial officials in...
- Cibola – The legend of the “Seven Cities of Gold” - HeritageDailyThe Seven Cities of Gold, also known as the Seven Cities of Cibola, is a legend about a fabled province called Cibola, which held vast cities made entirely from gold. The legends may have their root in a Portuguese myth that originates from an old Iberian legend, about seven cities founded on a mythical rectangular island called Antillia in the ...
- Seven Cities of Gold - WikipediaIn the 16th century, the Spaniards in New Spain (now Mexico) began to hear rumors of "Seven Cities of Gold" called "Cíbola" located across the desert, hundreds of miles to the north. [3] The stories may have their root in an earlier Portuguese legend about seven cities founded on the island of Antillia by a Catholic expedition in the 8th ...
- The Search for Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold | Ancient OriginsThe legend of Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold, may have had its origins in an earlier legend concerning the fate of Don Rodrigo of Spain when he lost his kingdom to the Muslims in the 8 th century AD. It is said that the king took seven bishops as well as several people and sailed to an island called Antilia.
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