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| ITINERARY OF THE CORONADO EXPEDITIONS, 1527-1547 | |
| 1527 | |
| June 17 | Narvaez sails from Spain to explore the mainland north of the Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1528 | |
| April 15 | Narvaez lands in Florida. |
| Sept. 22 | The failure of the Narvaez expedition is assured. |
| 1535 | |
| Cortes makes a settlement in Lower California. | |
| Mendoza comes to Mexico as viceroy of New Spain. | |
| 1536 | |
| April | Cabeza de Vaca and three other survivors of the Narvaez expedition arrive in New Spain. |
| The Licenciate de la Torre takes the residencia of Nuño de Guzman, who is imprisoned until June 30, 1538. | |
| 1537 | |
| Franciscan friars labor among the Indian tribes living north of New Spain. | |
| Coronado subdues the revolted miners of Amatepeque. | |
| The proposed expedition under Dorantes comes to naught. | |
| April 20 | De Soto receives a grant of the mainland of Florida. |
| 1538 | |
| It is rumored that Coronado has been nominated governor of New Galicia. | |
| 1539 | |
| Pedro de Alvarado returns from Spain to the New World. | |
| March 7 | Friar Marcos de Niza, accompanied by the negro Estevan, starts from Culiacan to find the Seven Cities. |
| April 18 | The appointment of Coronado as governor of New Galicia is confirmed. |
| May | De Soto sails from Habana. |
| May 9 | Friar Marcos enters the wilderness of Arizona. |
| May 21 | Friar Marcos learns of the death of Estevan. |
| May 25 | De Soto lands on the coast of Florida. |
| July 8 | Ulloa sails from Acapulco nearly to the head of the Gulf of California in command of a fleet furnished by Cortes. |
| Friar Marcos returns from the north and certifies to the truth of his report before Mendoza and Coronado. | |
| October | The news of Niza's discoveries spreads through New Spain. |
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