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Melchor Díaz (1505 – January 1541) was a Spanish conquistador who was Governor of Culiacan. He is best known for leading a 25-man auxiliary party during the 1540 Coronado expedition.
Melchior Díaz (* 1500?; † 1541) war ein Hauptmann in der Armee von Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. Sein Geburtsjahr ist nicht genau bekannt. Ihm wurde nachgesagt, dass er ein fähiger und populärer Offizier war.
Melchor Díaz. Brief Biography. Melchor Díaz had been in New Spain and specifically in Nueva Galicia from at least 1528. The documentary record shows him in Compostela, Sinaloa, Culiacán, and Guadalajara. Díaz worked closely with Nuño de Guzmán, serving as his lieutenant governor and held other governmental posts.
In 1540, expeditions under Hernando de Alarcon and Melchior Diaz visited the area of Yuma and immediately saw the natural crossing of the Colorado River from Mexico to California by land as an ideal spot for a city, as the Colorado River narrows to slightly under 1000 feet wide in one small point.
Melchior Díaz—The Forgotten Explorer. Hispanic American Historical Review (1936) 16 (1): 86–90. The text of this article is only available as a PDF.
- Ronald L. Ives
- 1936
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Melchior Díaz (* 1500?; † 1541) w ar ein Hauptmann i n der Armee v on Francisco Vásquez d e Coronado. Sein Geburtsjahr i st nicht g enau bekannt. Ihm w urde nachgesagt, d ass er e in fähiger u nd populärer Offizier war.
