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Fray Marcos De Niza

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FRAY MARCOS DE NIZA

BY: ANGELI FRANZ

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

  • Born in Nice,France, which was Italy in the 1500's.
  • He died after being paralyses on March 25, 1558.
  • Sometimes referred to as the liar friar.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2

  • No one knows why he fantasized
  • about the Indian Village.
  • Did he enjoy being the center of attention,
  • or was he just nuts!

Sponsor

Fray Marcos De Niza worked for Coronado.Coronadowas sponsored by Spain. So Coronado and Spain is who he sailed for.

Motives

  • Marcos De Niza's motive was to find the
  • Seven golden cities of Cibola.

ROUTE

  • First he went to Santo Domingo
  • Then he went to Guatemala and then Peru
  • After he went to Mexico City and New Mexico
  • Next he went to Hawikuh

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Some sources say that Fray discovered Arizona
  • and New Mexico but others say Coronado did.
  • Discovered the Pueblo tribe called the Zuni Indians.
  • He discovered and captured Hawikuh.

IMPACT

  • Because of his expedition Estevanico
  • was murdered by Natives.
  • He freed slaves from the North.
  • Fray wasted Coronado's time by fantasizing
  • about the Seven Golden Cities Of Cibola.

RIDDLE

  • He wanted to find a special land with gold.
  • Freed slaves from the north.
  • Accidentally found 2 states.
  • Worked for Coronado.
  • Tricked by the Zuni Indians into believing the myth of Cibola.