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'''Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón''', a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[navigator]] of the [[16th century]], noted for having led an early [[expedition]] to the [[peninsula]] of [[Baja California]], meant to be coordinated with [[Francisco Vasquéz de Coronado]]'s overland expedition, and for penetrating the lower [[Colorado River]], perhaps as far as the modern [[California]]-[[Arizona]] boundary.  

'''Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón''', a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[navigation|navigator]] of the [[16th century]], noted for having led an early [[expedition]] to the [[peninsula]] of [[Baja California]], meant to be coordinated with [[Francisco Vasquéz de Coronado]]'s overland expedition, and for penetrating the lower [[Colorado River]], perhaps as far as the modern [[California]]-[[Arizona]] boundary.  

Little is known about Alarcón's life outside of his expedition in [[New Spain]]. He set sail on May 9, 1540 with orders from the Spanish [[Viceroy]] [[Antonio de Mendoza]] to await at a certain point on the coast the arrival of an expedition by land under the command of Coronado.   

Little is known about Alarcón's life outside of his expedition in [[New Spain]]. He set sail on May 9, 1540 with orders from the Spanish [[Viceroy]] [[Antonio de Mendoza]] to await at a certain point on the coast the arrival of an expedition by land under the command of Coronado.