He was born in September 1510. He’s from Salamanca, Spain. He was the youngest of a very wealthy family. He later on died in Mexico City, Mexico in 1554.
He discovered the Grand Canyon in 1540. He became an explorer when he heard about the mysterious Seven Golden Cities. He wanted to find them before anyone else so he collected a lot of his men and went to search. He sadly never found them but during his search he found the Grand Canyon.
He went to mexico and then to Kansas all the way to the southwestern united states between 1540-1542.