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Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
By Roberts, David
- ISBN
- 9780393652062 9780393652079
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on July 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
In 1776, Franciscan friars Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante led a Spanish entrada (expedition of exploration) in a 1,700-mile loop through the North American Southwest. Only 12 men strong and with few supplies or firearms, the Domínguez-Escalante expedition traversed mighty rivers, yawning canyons, and waterless plateaus as they attempted to chart a trade route from New Mexico to California. Hunger and illness forced the explorers to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
