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why did friar Marcos de niza and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado want to find the seven cities of Cibola

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Coronado had hoped to reach the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. His expedition marked the discovery, by Europeans, of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. His name is often Anglicized as Vasquez de Coronado.
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