The Dominguez-Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776 - Couverture souple

Warner, Ted J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0874804485 ISBN 13 : 9780874804485

Editeur : University of Utah Press,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

Translated by Fray Angelico Chavez, Edited by Ted J. Warner

Western History

The chronicle of Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Fray Silvestre Vélez de Escalante's most remarkable 1776 expedition through the Rocky Mountains, the eastern Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau to inventory new lands for the Spanish crown and to find a route from Santa Fe to Monterey, California.

Escalante's journal wonderfully describes every detail of the rugged and scenic country through which they journeyed, along the qualities and customs of its inhabitants. Working as far north as present-day Provo, Utah, the expedition finally returned south. An approaching severe winter and mishaps among the maze of the Grand Canyon forced the party to return to Santa Fe by way of the Hopi pueblos.

This journal provides a fascinating account of over a thousand miles of wilderness exploration.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Utah Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0874804485
• ISBN 13: 9780874804485
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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