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Richard Flint is a historian who has been writing on the 16th century Coronado Expedition for many years. His latest book deals with the global context of the expedition and we spoke about it.
0:59 – Richard talks about how he got into studying and writing on the Coronado Expedition.
4:16 – Richard talks about how this book differs from their previous books on the Coronado expedition.
12:15 – Richard addresses how military focused the expedition was.
14:40 – Richard talks about the armor used on the expedition.
19:00 – Richard describes the evidence that the expedition was not looking for gold but rather was looking for trade routes.
21:03 – Richard talks about what the motives of the native Mexican warriors on the expedition were.
25:45 – Richard talks about how they did the research to determine the roster of the expedition.
51:47 – Richard talks about non-Spanish documents that would be helpful for this research.
57:00 – Richard talks about a document he found about a slave sold four times in one day.
1:08:01 – They have a website coronado.unm.edu for more information.
Links of Interest
https://unmpress.com/books/most-splendid-company/9780826360229
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Guests: Richard Flint
Host: Cris Alvarez
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