Which of the following natural wonders was seen by one of Francisco Vásquez de Coronados search parties?
Yosemite Valley; b) The Redwoods; c) The Grand Canyon; d) Pacific Ocean c) The Grand Canyon. Coronado assembled a small search party commanded by Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas. This party traveled west to Hopi country, and then farther west to the Colorado River. At first, they could not see the river because it was very far away, and at the bottom of a deep canyon. This canyon was the Grand Canyon. Did you know Don Garcia and his men were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon? The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than 5,000 feet deep in some places. The rushing waters of the Colorado River carved out the canyon over the course of millions of years. Top of Page 7. True or False: Members of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado’s exploration were the first Europeans to enter what is today California. True. Coronado sent a twenty-five member search party due west in search of the Pacific Ocean. It was led by Melchoir Diaz. They never reached the Pacific Ocean. H
