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The oldest firearm in the U.S. is a cannon from the Spanish expedition of Vázquez de CoronadoThe Spanish conqueror Francisco Vázquez ... and borrow 71,000 pesos of the time (a true fortune) to finance his expedition through Arizona and New Mexico. He sought to find the fabulous riches ...
But when a large and expensive Spanish expedition returned to the ... returned to Mexico City heavily in debt,” says New Mexico author Richard Flint, who, with his wife, Shirley Cushing Flint ...
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How archaeologists dug up the oldest gun ever found in the US, dating back five centuriesThey were also very expensive, and the Spanish explorers who carried ... The Coronado Expedition crossed from Mexico into what is now Arizona in 1540 and traveled to what would become New Mexico, ...
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A Bronze Cannon Linked To A Famous Expedition From The Colonial Era Was Found In Arizona, Making It The Oldest Firearm In AmericaIt was led by Spanish conquistador Francisco ... which included areas of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The purpose of the expedition was to search for the mythical ...
They were also very expensive, and the Spanish explorers ... The Coronado Expedition crossed from Mexico into what is now Arizona in 1540 and traveled to what would become New Mexico, Texas ...
They are the first firearms recovered from an expedition led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, which traveled north from what is now Mexico to the American Southwest ... was part of a small town built ...
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