{"id":1762,"date":"2015-11-30T11:45:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T18:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2019-07-08T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T17:41:57","slug":"coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Coronado_Expedition_Muster_Roll_1540\" >Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Castaneda_Narrative_1554_Winship_Translation_1896\" >Castaneda Narrative 1554, Winship Translation 1896<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Coronado_Expedition_Route\" >Coronado Expedition Route<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Large_Size_Coronado_Expedition_Map\" >Large Size Coronado Expedition Map<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Muster_List_Discovered_in_Archives_by_Aiton\" >Muster List Discovered in Archives by Aiton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Coronado_Expedition_Army\" >Coronado Expedition Army<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Main_Body_and_Advanced_Departure_from_Compostela_New_Galicia\" >Main Body and Advanced Departure from Compostela, New Galicia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Notarized_Oaths_of_Allegiance\" >Notarized Oaths of Allegiance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Translation_from_16th_Century_Spanish\" >Translation from 16th Century Spanish<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Muster_Roll_Cibola_Soldiers\" >Muster Roll, Cibola Soldiers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Juan_de_Cuevas_Notary_for_Coronado_Expedition\" >Juan de Cuevas, Notary for Coronado Expedition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Search_for_Gold_Treasure\" >Search for Gold Treasure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#Photoimage_credits\" >Photo\/image credits<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coronado_Expedition_Muster_Roll_1540\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-1764 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Coronado Expedition\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spanish law required official records to be kept by <strong>conquistadors<\/strong>, including the Francisco Vazquez (Vasquez) de <strong>Coronado Expedition<\/strong> of the American Southwest in 1540.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before the expedition began, a muster roll and inventory of armaments was written by a <strong>notary<\/strong>, <strong>Juan de Cuevas<\/strong>.\u00a0 This official record has survived in the Archive of the Indies, providing valuable historic information. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Castaneda_Narrative_1554_Winship_Translation_1896\"><\/span>Castaneda Narrative 1554, Winship Translation 1896<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soldier historian <strong>Pedro de Castaneda<\/strong>, wrote a Spanish narrative of the expedition around 1554.\u00a0 It was translated into English in 1896, by <strong>George Parker Winship<\/strong>, as <em>The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coronado_Expedition_Route\"><\/span>Coronado Expedition Route<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expedition traveled north along the western side of the Sierra Madre Mountains of <strong>New Spain<\/strong> (Mexico) and current day Arizona, then east across New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas in search of the <strong>Seven Cities<\/strong> of <strong>Cibola<\/strong>, a fabled region of <strong>gold<\/strong>, stopping for winter camp on the <strong>Rio Grande<\/strong> near current day Bernalillo.\u00a0 The exact route is disputed by scholars.\u00a0 There were also excursions made away from the main route by <strong>Garcia Lopez de Cardenas<\/strong> to the Grand Canyon, and by <strong>Hernando de Alvarado<\/strong> along the Rio Grande and to the buffalo plains.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-expedition-map-500x280.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1766\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-expedition-map-500x280.jpg\" alt=\"Coronado Expedition Map\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Large_Size_Coronado_Expedition_Map\"><\/span>Large Size <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-expedition-map-large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronado Expedition Map<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Muster_List_Discovered_in_Archives_by_Aiton\"><\/span>Muster List Discovered in Archives by Aiton<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The muster list was discovered in archives during research by <strong>Arthur S. Aiton<\/strong>, of the University of Michigan, and published in 1939, for the 400th anniversary of the Coronado Expedition.\u00a0 The list includes the name of each man, rank, number of horses assigned, and personal armament.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coronado_Expedition_Army\"><\/span>Coronado Expedition Army<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/harquebus-180x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1440\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/harquebus-180x150.jpg\" alt=\"harquebus\" width=\"180\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The muster list for the Coronado Expedition to <strong>Cibola<\/strong> includes 225 horse soldiers, 62 foot soldiers, 558 horses, and one mule.\u00a0 Accompanying the soldiers were 800 or more native <strong>Indian<\/strong> allies from <strong>Mexico<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The horsemen carried lances and swords, some carried extra daggers.\u00a0 The foot soldiers carried 22 <strong>harquebuses<\/strong> (<strong>muskets<\/strong>), 15 <strong>crossbows<\/strong>, and a variety of swords, daggers and native weapons from Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only a few soldiers had a full suit of <strong>armor<\/strong>.\u00a0 Nearly all soldiers had one or two pieces of armor, kneepieces, coat of mail, helmet, corselet (body armor), bevor (neck armor) or gauntlets (glove armor).\u00a0 Most wore native <strong>buckskin<\/strong> suits of armor, for more comfort, while still effective against Indian weapons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the 300 soldiers that began, only 100 survived the journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accompanying the army were supplies, including thousands of livestock, and slaves, servants, <strong>Moors<\/strong>, and support staff.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Main_Body_and_Advanced_Departure_from_Compostela_New_Galicia\"><\/span>Main Body and Advanced Departure from Compostela, New Galicia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expedition assembled in the city of <strong>Compostela<\/strong>, <strong>New Galicia<\/strong>, a province of <strong>New Spain<\/strong>, in February, 1540.\u00a0 The muster was reviewed by the <strong>Viceroy<\/strong>.\u00a0 According to Castaneda&#8217;s narrative, 37 men, including Coronado, the <strong>religious leaders<\/strong>, and a small military escort left in advance.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notarized_Oaths_of_Allegiance\"><\/span>Notarized Oaths of Allegiance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before the journey, each member was required to take a <strong>sworn<\/strong> <strong>oath<\/strong>, to serve <strong>God<\/strong> and <strong>His Majesty<\/strong>.\u00a0 The muster roll closes with an attested copy of the oaths of <strong>fealty<\/strong> (<strong>vassal<\/strong> allegiance to a <strong>lord<\/strong>), administered to Coronado and the members of the expedition.\u00a0 It is dated several days after the muster, when the notaries had time to get the papers in order.\u00a0 It is attested by <strong>Juan de Cuevas<\/strong>, <strong>Chief Notary<\/strong> of Mines and Reports.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Translation_from_16th_Century_Spanish\"><\/span>Translation from 16th Century Spanish<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The muster roll was written with many abbreviations, in the <strong>Spanish language<\/strong> of the 16th century, which varies from modern day Spanish in accents, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.\u00a0 Below are some excerpts, translated from the muster roll:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Muster_Roll_Cibola_Soldiers\"><\/span><em><strong>Muster Roll, Cibola Soldiers<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fray-Marcos-de-Niza-210x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1776\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fray-Marcos-de-Niza-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fray Marcos de Niza\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>1.\u00a0 I, <strong>Juan de Cuevas<\/strong>, <strong>Chief Notary<\/strong> for Mines and Reports for His Majesty in this New Spain, declare and attest, that in the city of Compostela in New Galicia, in New Spain [near current day Guadalajara, on the Pacific Ocean in western Mexico], with the illustrious lord <strong>Don Antonio de Mendoza<\/strong> present, who is <strong>Viceroy<\/strong> and <strong>Governor<\/strong> of this <strong>New Spain<\/strong> for His Majesty, and Gonzalo de Salazar (factor), Peralmindez Cherino (veedor of New Spain), Cristobal de Onate (veedor of the said province), and many other people, the muster was conducted of all the people who are going to the land newly discovered by Father Provincial fray <strong>Marcos de Niza<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Francisco Vasquez de Coronado<\/strong> is going as <strong>Captain General<\/strong> of the expedition.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The muster was conducted on the 22nd day of February, in the year <strong>1540<\/strong>, in the following form and manner, with the lord licenciado Maldonado being present:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>2.\u00a0 Captain General Francisco Vazquez de <strong>Coronado<\/strong> <strong>swore<\/strong> that he is taking on this expedition, in the service of His Majesty, twenty-two or twenty-three <strong>horses<\/strong> and three or four sets of <strong>armored<\/strong> horse trappings for riding with long and short stirrups.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>3.\u00a0 <strong>Hernando de Alvarado<\/strong>, Captain of Artillery, is taking four horses, a chain mail vest with sleeves, and native arms and armor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>4.\u00a0 Captain General Francisco <strong>Coronado<\/strong> swore by <strong>Almighty God<\/strong>, by his <strong>Holy Mother<\/strong>, by a <strong>cross<\/strong> that was there, and by the words of the <strong>Holy Gospels<\/strong>, (where he placed his right hand in a <strong>missal book<\/strong>, in the hands of Reverend Father fray <strong>Francisco de Vitoria<\/strong>, a professed brother of the Order of the Lord <strong>Saint Francis<\/strong>), that he will exercise the office of Captain General, (to which he has been appointed by his lordship in His Majesty&#8217;s name for the said expedition and land), as a good <strong>Christian<\/strong>, <strong>vassal<\/strong>, and <strong>servant<\/strong> of <strong>His Majesty<\/strong>.\u00a0 And he will act in the service of God and His Majesty.\u00a0 As a good <strong>caballero hidalgo<\/strong> must do, he will, to the best of his knowledge and judgment, <strong>obey<\/strong> and <strong>fulfill<\/strong> the <strong>King&#8217;s directives<\/strong> and those of the Lord Viceroy in his royal name.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>5.\u00a0 Then the field master, alferez mayor, captains, <strong>knights<\/strong>, and the rest of the people gave their <strong>oaths<\/strong>, each one for himself and in the form required by law, exactly as described above, placing their right hands on the <strong>cross<\/strong> and <strong>missal book<\/strong>.\u00a0 Under this obligation they promised to <strong>obey<\/strong> Francisco Vazquez de <strong>Coronado<\/strong>, their <strong>Captain General<\/strong>, and to any other Captain General whom His Majesty, or the said Lord Viceroy, in his royal name, might commission.\u00a0 And they pledged not to abandon their captaincies and <strong>banners<\/strong> without his royal order.\u00a0 And they will do everything they are obligated to do as good captains, people, and <strong>vassals<\/strong> of <strong>His Majesty<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This took place in the presence of His Lordship, and the said knights, and those people mentioned above, and <strong>before me<\/strong>, <strong>Juan de Cuevas<\/strong>, <strong>Chief Notary<\/strong> of Their Majesties mines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>6.\u00a0 In confirmation of this, and by order of the illustrious Lord Viceroy of New Spain, I <strong>drew up<\/strong> the present <strong>muster roll<\/strong> in the city of <strong>Compostela<\/strong>, on the 27th day of February, <strong>1540<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is set down in writing on ten folios of paper in manuscript.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Juan de Cuevas<\/strong>\u00a0 [<strong>rubric<\/strong>]<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Juan_de_Cuevas_Notary_for_Coronado_Expedition\"><\/span>Juan de Cuevas, Notary for Coronado Expedition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Juan de Cuevas, Chief Notary, recorded the details and took <strong>sworn statements<\/strong> from Coronado and his soldiers for the muster roll, which is an important surviving document in the <strong>history<\/strong> of the American Southwest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cuevas was from Aranda de Duero, Spain, son of Licenciado Alonso Cuevas, and served under <strong>Hernando Cortes<\/strong> in the <strong>conquest of Mexico<\/strong> from 1519 to 1521.\u00a0 He arrived in New Spain with royal treasurers and financed people going on entradas.\u00a0 He was penanced and reconciled during the <strong>Spanish Inquisition<\/strong>.\u00a0 He later acquired an <strong>encomienda<\/strong> southeast of Mexico City.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Search_for_Gold_Treasure\"><\/span>Search for Gold Treasure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coronado did not find the <strong>Seven Cities of Gold <\/strong>at<strong> Cibola <\/strong>or<strong> Quivira<\/strong>, but gold and silver was later discovered and mined at several locations in the region.\u00a0 There are legends of lost Spanish <strong>gold mines<\/strong>.\u00a0 Some modern explorers continue to study art and <strong>symbols<\/strong> made by Spanish explorers, found on large rocks in Arizona and New Mexico, for clues on the location of <strong>gold treasure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photoimage_credits\"><\/span>Photo\/image credits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. &#8220;<b>Coronado Sets Out to the North<\/b>&#8220;, Frederic Remington, circa 1890 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 <strong>Map of Coronado Expedition<\/strong>, National Park Service, [Public domain]<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 <strong>Soldier with harquebus<\/strong>, by Pearson Scott Foresman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n4.\u00a0 Book cover, <strong>The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza<\/strong>, by Cleve Hallenbeck<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/strong><\/a> services\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/Colorado_Notary_Training.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Colorado Notary Training<\/strong><\/a> classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2015\u00a0 ABC Legal Docs, LLC\u00a0 All rights reserved.\u00a0 Do not copy.\u00a0 Citations welcome.\u00a0 Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 Spanish law required official records to be kept by conquistadors, including the Francisco Vazquez (Vasquez) de Coronado Expedition of the American Southwest in 1540. Before the expedition began, a muster roll and inventory of armaments was written by a notary, Juan de Cuevas.\u00a0 This official record has survived in the Archive of the Indies, providing valuable historic information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[920],"tags":[1733,1737,1743,1738,1754,1736,1449,1454,1452,1734,1751,1747,1418,1739,602,1166,1744,1752,1740,1586,1741,5,48,1753,1450,1746,157,1749,1745,1735],"class_list":["post-1762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notary-history","tag-1733","tag-aiton","tag-alvarado","tag-armor","tag-castaneda","tag-cibola","tag-conquistador","tag-coronado","tag-cortes","tag-cuevas","tag-encomienda","tag-expedition","tag-gold","tag-horse","tag-indians","tag-king","tag-knight","tag-marcos-de-niza","tag-moors","tag-musket","tag-new-spain","tag-notary","tag-oath","tag-quivira","tag-rio-grande","tag-rubric","tag-spanish","tag-spanish-inquisition","tag-vassal","tag-winship","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 - Notary Colorado Springs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coronado expedition,1540,notary,Castenada,Winship,Cibola,gold,Rio Grande, armor,horse,Indians,Moors,New Spain,oath,Spanish,Alvarado,knight,vassal,rubric\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 - Notary Colorado Springs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coronado expedition,1540,notary,Castenada,Winship,Cibola,gold,Rio Grande, armor,horse,Indians,Moors,New Spain,oath,Spanish,Alvarado,knight,vassal,rubric\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Notary Colorado Springs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-30T18:45:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-08T17:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jerry Lucas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jerry Lucas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"SocialMediaPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jerry Lucas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd4c4935b559b6653ba24a32dd09116d\"},\"headline\":\"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-30T18:45:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-08T17:41:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1355,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1540\",\"Aiton\",\"Alvarado\",\"armor\",\"Castaneda\",\"Cibola\",\"conquistador\",\"Coronado\",\"Cortes\",\"Cuevas\",\"encomienda\",\"expedition\",\"gold\",\"horse\",\"Indians\",\"king\",\"knight\",\"Marcos de Niza\",\"Moors\",\"musket\",\"New Spain\",\"notary\",\"oath\",\"Quivira\",\"Rio Grande\",\"rubric\",\"Spanish\",\"Spanish Inquisition\",\"vassal\",\"Winship\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Notary History\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/\",\"name\":\"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 - Notary Colorado Springs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-30T18:45:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-08T17:41:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Coronado expedition,1540,notary,Castenada,Winship,Cibola,gold,Rio Grande, armor,horse,Indians,Moors,New Spain,oath,Spanish,Alvarado,knight,vassal,rubric\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Coronado Expedition\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/\",\"name\":\"Notary Colorado Springs\",\"description\":\"Mobile Notary Colorado Springs, Colorado Notary Training\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ABC Legal Docs, LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ABC_logo_200x200.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ABC_logo_200x200.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"ABC Legal Docs, LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/jerrylucas123\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd4c4935b559b6653ba24a32dd09116d\",\"name\":\"Jerry Lucas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87dbc6ea5d28fb6243a91f8ffabda3e644f3e7f7eb51d02750d340ffc285dd59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87dbc6ea5d28fb6243a91f8ffabda3e644f3e7f7eb51d02750d340ffc285dd59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87dbc6ea5d28fb6243a91f8ffabda3e644f3e7f7eb51d02750d340ffc285dd59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jerry Lucas\"},\"description\":\"Author Summary: Jerry Lucas is a retired Colorado Notary Public and notary blogger.Author Portfolio: Jerry has written over 300 articles sharing his subject matter expertise in the Colorado Notary Blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abclegaldocs.com\\\/blog-Colorado-Notary\\\/author\\\/notary809\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 - Notary Colorado Springs","description":"Coronado expedition,1540,notary,Castenada,Winship,Cibola,gold,Rio Grande, armor,horse,Indians,Moors,New Spain,oath,Spanish,Alvarado,knight,vassal,rubric","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 - Notary Colorado Springs","og_description":"Coronado expedition,1540,notary,Castenada,Winship,Cibola,gold,Rio Grande, armor,horse,Indians,Moors,New Spain,oath,Spanish,Alvarado,knight,vassal,rubric","og_url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/","og_site_name":"Notary Colorado Springs","article_published_time":"2015-11-30T18:45:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-08T17:41:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jerry Lucas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jerry Lucas","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","SocialMediaPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/"},"author":{"name":"Jerry Lucas","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#\/schema\/person\/cd4c4935b559b6653ba24a32dd09116d"},"headline":"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540","datePublished":"2015-11-30T18:45:36+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-08T17:41:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/"},"wordCount":1355,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg","keywords":["1540","Aiton","Alvarado","armor","Castaneda","Cibola","conquistador","Coronado","Cortes","Cuevas","encomienda","expedition","gold","horse","Indians","king","knight","Marcos de Niza","Moors","musket","New Spain","notary","oath","Quivira","Rio Grande","rubric","Spanish","Spanish Inquisition","vassal","Winship"],"articleSection":["Notary History"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/","url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/","name":"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 - Notary Colorado Springs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2015-11-30T18:45:36+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-08T17:41:57+00:00","description":"Coronado expedition,1540,notary,Castenada,Winship,Cibola,gold,Rio Grande, armor,horse,Indians,Moors,New Spain,oath,Spanish,Alvarado,knight,vassal,rubric","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg","width":300,"height":200,"caption":"Coronado Expedition"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/coronado-expedition-muster-roll-1540\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/","name":"Notary Colorado Springs","description":"Mobile Notary Colorado Springs, Colorado Notary Training","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#organization","name":"ABC Legal Docs, LLC","url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABC_logo_200x200.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABC_logo_200x200.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"ABC Legal Docs, LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jerrylucas123"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/#\/schema\/person\/cd4c4935b559b6653ba24a32dd09116d","name":"Jerry Lucas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87dbc6ea5d28fb6243a91f8ffabda3e644f3e7f7eb51d02750d340ffc285dd59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87dbc6ea5d28fb6243a91f8ffabda3e644f3e7f7eb51d02750d340ffc285dd59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87dbc6ea5d28fb6243a91f8ffabda3e644f3e7f7eb51d02750d340ffc285dd59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jerry Lucas"},"description":"Author Summary: Jerry Lucas is a retired Colorado Notary Public and notary blogger.Author Portfolio: Jerry has written over 300 articles sharing his subject matter expertise in the Colorado Notary Blog.","sameAs":["https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com"],"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/author\/notary809\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronado-Expedition-300x200.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9860,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-territory-notary-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1762,"position":0},"title":"Colorado Territory Notary History","author":"Jerry Lucas","date":"April 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Colorado Territory Notary History Three hundred years before Colorado Territory was formed, the first notaries passed through present-day Colorado in the 1500s. They were royal notaries on horseback who represented the King and Queen of Spain during the search, discovery, and military expeditions of Spanish Conquistadors. Following the landing of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Colorado History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Colorado History","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/category\/colorado-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Colorado Territory county map 1861","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colorado-Territory-county-map-1861-480x360-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4282,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/hernan-cortes-notaries-aztec-mexico-1519\/","url_meta":{"origin":1762,"position":1},"title":"Hernan Cortes, Notaries, Aztec Mexico, 1519","author":"Jerry Lucas","date":"June 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hernan Cortes, Notaries, Aztec Mexico, 1519 Hernan Cortes\u00a0(1485-1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1519. Cort\u00e9s was born in Medellin, Spain in 1485. He studied and served as a notary, first in Seville and later in Hispaniola, giving him knowledge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notary History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notary History","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/category\/notary-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hernan Cortes notaries Aztec Mexico 1519","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hernan-Cortes-notaries-Aztec-Mexico-1519-320x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1827,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notary-history-article-timeline\/","url_meta":{"origin":1762,"position":2},"title":"Notary History Timeline","author":"Jerry Lucas","date":"December 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Notary History Timeline Our Colorado Notary Blog includes a growing collection and reference library of articles on the history of writing, seals, scribes, and notary history. Many of our notary history articles are unique, not found anywhere else. Our notary history timeline collection begins with ancient civilizations of Sumer, Egypt,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notary History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notary History","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/category\/notary-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"notary history","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/notary-history-320x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1434,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notary-with-conquistador-onate-new-mexico-1598\/","url_meta":{"origin":1762,"position":3},"title":"Notary with Conquistador O\u00f1ate, New Mexico 1598","author":"Jerry Lucas","date":"June 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Notary with Conquistador O\u00f1ate, New Mexico 1598 On April 30, 1598, near present-day El Paso, Texas, Conquistador Juan de O\u00f1ate claimed all the land north of the Rio Grande for Spain.\u00a0 He founded the Province of Santa Fe de Nuevo M\u00e9xico and was its first colonial governor from 1598 to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notary History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notary History","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/category\/notary-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Juan Onate","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Juan-Onate-200x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1536,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/ulibarri-claims-colorado-for-spain-1706\/","url_meta":{"origin":1762,"position":4},"title":"Ulibarri Claims Colorado for Spain, 1706","author":"Jerry Lucas","date":"August 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Ulibarri Claims Colorado for Spain, 1706 A hundred years before Ulibarri, in 1598, Spanish Conquistador Juan de Onate founded a capital at an Indian Pueblo at San Gabriel, north of Santa Fe, in the Province of New Mexico. Onate served as the first Governor and may also have followed the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Colorado History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Colorado History","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/category\/colorado-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"El Quartelejo map Ulibarri route","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/El-Quartelejo-map.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":594,"url":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/la-salle-expedition-louisiana-territory-1682\/","url_meta":{"origin":1762,"position":5},"title":"La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682","author":"Jerry Lucas","date":"January 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682 Jacques de La Metairie was a royal notary at Fort Frontenac, New France, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in 1678. \u00a0Notary Metairie was chosen to accompany the famous La Salle expedition, down the Colbert (Mississippi)\u00a0 River, to the Gulf of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notary History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notary History","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/category\/notary-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"La Salle expedition Mississippi Louisiana France","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/La-Salle-expedition-Mississippi-Louisiana-France.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7055,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions\/7055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}