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Coronado Quest - The Turk, the Plains, and the Art of Misdirection

Coronado Quest - The Turk, the Plains, and the Art of Misdirection

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Jack Maddox explores one of history's most audacious cons: how an enslaved man called "the Turk" weaponized Spanish greed, leading Coronado's 1541 expedition deep into the Great Plains chasing a fictional golden kingdom. A masterclass in resistance through deception that nearly destroyed an empire.

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