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Escalante's dream : on the trail of the Spanish discovery of the Southwest /

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. They had other goals as well, some of them secret, conve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, David, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Domínguez-Escalante Expedition > (1776)
Roberts, David, > 1943- > Travel > Southwest, New.
Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, > active 1776.
Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, > -1792.
Franciscans > Southwest, New > Biography.
Southwest, New > Description and travel.
Four Corners Region > Description and travel.
Southwest, New > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.
Explorers > Southwest, New > Biography.
Explorers > Spain > Biography.

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