Marcos Farfán de los Godos

Captain Marcos Farfán de los Godos was a Spanish explorer.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved 29 August 2015 – via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
  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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