Marcos Farfán de los Godos

Captain Marcos Farfán de los Godos was a Spanish explorer who explored the modern Mexico and Arizona.

Early life

Farfán de los Godos was born in Seville, Spain.[1]

Career

Farfán de los Godos was sent to regions north of present-day Mexico by Juan de Oñate to explore territory and look for mines.[1][2] In 1598, he went to modern-day Arizona, where he was met by the Hopi people.[2]

Farfán staked out claims on mines near present-day Jerome, Arizona.[2][3]

Poet Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá mentioned Farfán in one of his poems.[4]

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References
  1. Simmons, Marc (1993). The Last Conquistador: Juan de Onate and the Settling of the Far Southwest. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 91.
  2. de los Caballeros, Juan. "CAPTAIN FARFAN AND HIS FORGOTTEN TRAIL". Northern Arizona University. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  3. Hickerson, Nancy P. (Winter 1996). "The Servicios of Vicente de Zaldívar: New Light on the Jumano War of 1601". Ethnohistory. 43 (1): 133. doi:10.2307/483346. JSTOR 483346.
  4. Harris, Max (2010). Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. pp. 161–162.


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