MARCOS DE NIZA

märˈkōs dā nēˈsä, c.1495–1558, missionary explorer in Spanish North America. A Franciscan friar, he served in Peru and Guatemala before going to Mexico. There he headed an expedition (1539) planned by Antonio de Mendoza, who had been excited by Cabeza de Vaca's stories of rich Native American pueblos. Fray Marcos traveled north at least into SE Arizona and perhaps into New Mexico. Probably duped by Zuñi legends, the friar described with enthusiasm and great inaccuracy the fabulous riches of the Seven Cities of Cibola. They proved to be only fables when Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led (1540) his soldiers there. Fray Marcos was dismissed as guide and sent back in disgrace.

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books on: Marcos De Niza  - 153 results

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Into the Wilderness Dream: Exploration Narratives of the American West, 1500-1805
Book by Donald A. Barclay, James H. Maguire, Peter Wild; University of Utah Press, 1994
Subjects: West (U.S.)--Description And Travel--Early Works To 1800, West (U.S.)--Discovery And Exploration
...by the Franciscan Monk, Friar Marcos de Niza in 1539 . Ed. and trans. by...Background ." Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza . Dallas: University Press, 1949. da Marcos Niza. Discovery of the Seven Cities...
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Empire of the Inca
Book by Burr Cartwright Brundage; University of Oklahoma Press, 1963
Subjects: Incas, Peru--History--To 1548
...refuge of birds and animals as well. Myth of the Quitos and the Canars : The Quito myth comes from a lost source Fray Marcos Niza , quoted in VRQ I, 142. This tale should be compared to the flood-serpent story of the modern Jivaros, Rafael Karsten...
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Ignacio: The Diary of a Maya Indian of Guatemala
Book by James D. Sexton, Ignacio Bizarro Ujpaan; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992
Subjects: Bizarro Ujpaan, Ignacio, Guatemala--Social conditions, Tzutuhil Indians--Biography, Tzutuhil Indians--Religion, Tzutuhil Indians--Social conditions
...Totonicapan, Esquipulitas, and La Molta. But more than the others, I worked on Pangola, Pangolita, Los Alamos, San Marcos Niza, and El Carmen. I worked as a contractor for ten to eleven years. Its certain that its a kind of work with much suffering...
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The Literary History of Spanish America
Book by Alfred Coester; Macmillan, 1916
Subjects: Spanish American Literature--History And Criticism
...when a Spanish army surprise the Indians. When the Spaniards learn why the young man and maid are bound, the friar Marcos Niza baptizes and marries them. Mera next occupied himself with various literary and scientific investigations on topics...
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Franciscan Beginnings in Colonial Peru
Book by Antonine Tibesar; Academy of American Franciscan History, 1953
Subjects: Franciscans--Peru, Indians Of South America--Missions, Missions--Peru
...Cordoba says 41 and that Fray Marcos de Niza was the superior of the Franciscans...1937 , p. 17: " . . . Fray Marcos de Niza, que estuvo en el Peru en la...entrado el R. P. Comisario fray Marcos de Niza y sus companeros" p. 250 . Later...
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journal articles on: Marcos De Niza  - 17 results

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Sympathy for the Devil: Devil Sickness and Lore among the Tohono O'odham
Journal article by Daniel T. Reff; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 50, 2008
Subjects: Christianity--Analysis, Devil, Native American culture--Analysis, Native Americans--Analysis, Native Americans--Culture, Reciprocity (Psychology)--Religious aspects, Religion--Analysis, Religious beliefs--Analysis
...1991b), the relacion of Fray Marcos de Niza, the first European explorer...1250-1450 CE) Hohokam. Fray Marcos de Niza was followed by other explorers...Cleve 1987 The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza. Edited by David J. Weber...
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Jay Wright's Poetics: An Appreciation
Journal article by Ron Welburn; MELUS, Vol. 18, 1993
Subjects: African American poets--Appreciation, Metaphysics--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Poetics--Analysis, Wright, Jay--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...1539, in the service of Fray Marcos de Niza, himself an emissary of the Spanish...on for his The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza (Dallas: Southern Methodist...Cleve. The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza. Dallas: Southern Methodist...
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3: Historical Outline of Mission Development in New Mexico and Chihuahua
Journal article; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: Chihuahua, Mexico, Historic buildings, Spanish colonialism--History, Spanish colonialism--Religious aspects, Spanish missions--Buildings and facilities, Spanish missions--History
...party. Led by the Franciscan Friar Marcos de Niza with Estevan (or Estevanico) as...actually Zuni.) However, before Fray Marcos and the others were able to catch...south. Undaunted by reality, Fray Marcos promised rich rewards to be gained...
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Intimacy and Empire Indian-African Interaction in Spanish Colonial New Mexico, 1500-1800
Journal article by Dedra S. McDonald; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: Indians Of Central America--Periodicals
...territory in the vanguard of Fray Marcos de Nizas expedition to the unexplored...Esteban and selected Franciscan Fray Marcos de Niza to head the journey northward, to...Ranging several days ahead of Fray Marcos with a group of Christianized Pimas...
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Willa Cather's Godfrey St. Peter: Historian of Repressed Sensibility?
Journal article by Matthew Wilson; College Literature, Vol. 21, 1994
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...Spanish explorers. Cather is careful to show the extent of its ambitions by references to Fray Marcos (114) and to Fray Garces (259). Fray Marcos de Niza, one of the earliest of the explorers, reached what would be southern Arizona in 1539...
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Coronado and the Lost Cities of Gold
Magazine article by Peter Fish; Sunset, Vol. 200, January 1998
Subjects: Adventure, Cities, Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de (1510?-44), Expeditions, Explorers, Gold, History
...imperial conquest. Cortes had lately vanquished the Aztecs, Pizarro the Incas. So when a Franciscan missionary, Fray Marcos de Niza, brought back rumors of a place called Cibola-a kingdom to the north reputed to have seven cities of goldhe was...
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Where Superstitions Continue to Thrive
Magazine article by Nora Burba Trulsson; Sunset, Vol. 208, March 2002
Subjects: Arizona, Tourism, Wilderness areas
...pueblos and cliff dwellings as early as 1150. The first Spaniard to lay eyes on the mountains is said to have been Marcos de Niza, in 1539. By the 1800s, Anglo trappers as well as Mexican miners and ranchers began to drift through the mountains...
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Meet a Vice Mayor
Magazine article; NEA Today, Vol. 16, September 1997
Subjects: Education, Flores, Veronica, Guadalupe Arizona, Public officials, Schools, Secretaries
...reports with satisfaction. This public official has other irons in the fire. She has persuaded the town to work with Marcos De Niza High School to jointly fund the hiring of a youth "liaison" to track the attendance of students-from freshman to...


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newspaper articles on: Marcos De Niza  - 17 results

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List of Nursing Board Passers 'B'
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 2, 2009
...BESARIO, OLIVIA SEVERINO BESAS, ALFADZREE MARCOS BESAS, RAECHELLE ESCODILLA BESAS, RICHARD...RAQUEL AUSTRIA BUCAD, RYAN GECA BUCAG, NIZA LLAMOSO BUCALA, ANGELINA DIGA BUCALAN...JACKQUELYN BALANDRA BUNSOY, MARICAR MARCOS BUNTALILIO, ALLAN JR GAGATIGA BUNUAN...
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Medical Technologist Board Examination Passers
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2005
...ENCARNACION MARANTAN, ANITA ANGELA CARINO MARCELINO, MARICAR MARCOS MARIANO, MYRA CRUZ MARQUEZ, ARNIE CARLO MAPA MARTINEZ, ESTER...SORIANO, RENALYN SALAZAR SORIANO, RONALDO CABUAY SUAREZ, RHEA NIZA BENEMERITO SULAIMAN, VILMA BUTUCAN SUMADIC, KRISTINE GRACE...
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Medical Technologist Board Examination Passers
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 15, 2005
...ENCARNACION MARANTAN, ANITA ANGELA CARINO MARCELINO, MARICAR MARCOS MARIANO, MYRA CRUZ MARQUEZ, ARNIE CARLO MAPA MARTINEZ, ESTER...SORIANO, RENALYN SALAZAR SORIANO, RONALDO CABUAY SUAREZ, RHEA NIZA BENEMERITO SULAIMAN, VILMA BUTUCAN SUMADIC, KRISTINE GRACE...
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Complete List of Physical and Occupational Therapists
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 6, 2004
...MENDOZA, FROILAN MERCADO MENDOZA, HARVEY GALIDO MENDOZA, NIZA RUABORO MENDOZA, RHENAND ARENAS MICLAT, JOHN PAUL ADANIEL...THERESA VERA PANSOY, MARICE JOY QUIROY PARAGAS, ANNA LORRAINE MARCOS PARAN, RENE ERAL PARRENO, CRISANTA ESPANOL PARZA, FRANCEASCA...
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List of Nursing Board Passers 'N'
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 2, 2009
...JACQUELINE DEL ROSARIO NEVADO, MARY GRACE CORONA NEVADO, MICHELLE MARCOS NEVERIDA, GLAIZA BALCITA NEWKIRK, MARK ANDREW MAGNO NEYPES...ROSELIE TENERIFE NIVERA, CHRISTY ASDALI NIVERA, RHEESA MAE UY NIZA, MARY YVONNE BAGASLAO NINADA, PAUL JOHN IBUNES NINAN, ELLEN...
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encyclopedia articles on: Marcos De Niza  - 13 results

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Niza, Marcos De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NIZA, MARCOS DE see Marcos de Niza . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Marcos De Niza
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARCOS DE NIZA mar kos da ne sa, c.1495 1558, missionary...of rich Native American pueblos. Fray Marcos traveled north at least into SE Arizona...led (1540) his soldiers there. Fray Marcos was dismissed as guide and sent back in...
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Arizona
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mexican Control Probably the first Spanish explorer to enter Arizona (c.1536) was Cabeza de Vaca . Franciscan friar Marcos de Niza reached the state in 1539; he was followed by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado , who led an expedition from Mexico in...
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ZuÑi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...original seven Zuni villages are usually identified with the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola, which were publicized by Marcos de Niza. In 1540, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado attacked the villages, thinking that they had vast stores of gold. The...
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New Mexico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Vaca, who may have wandered across S New Mexico between 1528 and 1536; they were enthusiastically identified by Fray Marcos de Niza as the fabulously rich Seven Cities of Cibola. A full-scale expedition (1540 42) to find the cities was dispatched...
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