Antonio Espejo
Antonio Espejo
(16th century ) Explorer, born probably Cordoba , Spain. He was a wealthy mining proprietor in Mexico , when he conducted a notable expedition into New Mexico and Arizona, 1582 -1583 , to verify the reported deaths of some Franciscan missionaries, accomplishing without bloodshed and with a handful of men as great results as had been obtained by Coronado with a whole army and at the cost of an exterminating warfare. He reached a point some 50 miles north of Prescott, visiting Indian pueblos and noting rich silver deposits.