Characters
The Nayarit girl who guides expeditions for Coronado and Mendoza.
Who is Zia.
The name of the book.
What is "The King's Fifth"?
These “Seven Cities” were rumored to be filled with gold.
What is Cíbola?
The only character to make it out of the Inferno alive.
Who is Estéban de Sandoval?
The dense, soft, yellow, and highly malleable precious metal that everyone, including the King of Spain, wants their share of.
What is gold?
The name of the place where Zuńiga is burned to death.
What is Nexpan?
The Spanish explorer who led the main overland expedition north in search of Cíbola.
Who is Francisco Vázquez de Coronado?
This law required that one-fifth of all treasure found in the New World be given to the Spanish crown.
What is the King's Fifth?
The place where Zia is from.
What is Nayarit?
The first and last name of the character who steals gold from the conducta, assaults Zia, and charges Estéban with murdering Captain Mendoza.
Who is Guillermo Torres?
According to Spanish law, natives of Nuevo España were not allowed to ride this type of animal.
What is a horse?
The Inferno?
The name of the dog that kills two Indians and Captain Mendoza.
Who is Tigre?
Throughout Estéban's trial, the two charges were brought against him.
What are the crimes of withholding the King’s Fifth (or treason against the Crown) and murder?
The name of the sea that Admiral Alarcón sails up at the start of the book.
What is the Sea of Cortez (Mar de Cortés)?