Escalante's dream, on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest, David Roberts
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Escalante's dream, on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest, David Roberts
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-312) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Escalante's dream
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bibliography
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1053997444
Responsibility statement
David Roberts
Sub title
on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest
Summary
"In July 1776 a pair of Franciscan friars, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, were charged by the governor of New Mexico with discovering a route across the unknown Southwest to the new Spanish colony in California. In strict terms, the expedition failed. Running out of food and beset by an early winter, the twelve-man team gave up in what is now western Utah. The retreat to Santa Fe became an ordeal of survival. Seven months after setting out, Domínguez and Escalante staggered back to Santa Fe. Yet in the course of their 1,700-mile voyage, the explorers discovered more land unknown to Europeans than Lewis and Clark would encounter a quarter-century later. David Roberts is the first to dig beneath the pages of Escalante's brilliant and quirky diary to question and ponder every turn of the team's decision-making and motivation."--, Adapted from publisher
Table Of Contents
Abiquiu and beyond -- Where are the Indians? -- Escalante slept here -- Searching for Yutas -- Finding the Río Tizón -- Teguayó and the Lost Spaniards -- Decision -- The crossing of the fathers -- Hopi and beyond -- Epilogue: the legacy
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- Biographies
- Four Corners Region -- Description and travel
- Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776
- Southwest, New -- Description and travel
- Roberts, David, 1943- -- Travel -- Southwest, New
- Explorers -- Spain -- Biography
- Franciscans -- Southwest, New -- Biography
- Explorers -- Southwest, New -- Biography
- Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792
- Domínguez-Escalante Expedition, 1776
- History -- Early modern
- Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
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- Biographies
- Four Corners Region -- Description and travel
- Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776
- Southwest, New -- Description and travel
- Roberts, David, 1943- -- Travel -- Southwest, New
- Explorers -- Spain -- Biography
- Franciscans -- Southwest, New -- Biography
- Explorers -- Southwest, New -- Biography
- Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792
- Domínguez-Escalante Expedition, 1776
- History -- Early modern
- Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
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