Father Escalante's Journal, 1776-1777
Author: Herbert S. Auerbach
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Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781258763060
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Newly Translated With Related Documents And Original Maps.
Author: Herbert S. Auerbach
Publisher:
Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781258763060
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Newly Translated With Related Documents And Original Maps.
Author: Herbert E. Bolton
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2018-12-12
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1789128153
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Father Escalante, who was born in Treceno, Cantabria, Spain around 1750, became a Franciscan in the Convento Grande in Mexico City at the age of 17. In 1774, he came to present-day New Mexico in the Mexican province. He was first stationed at Laguna pueblo and then in January 1775 assigned as a minister to the Zuni. In June 1776, he was summoned by Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, who had arrived in Santa Fe on March 22, 1776, for the expedition to California and remained in New Mexico for two years following the expedition. Father Escalante died at the age of 30 in April 1780 in Parral, Mexico, during his return journey to Mexico City for medical treatment. Author Herbert Eugene Bolton, who was well-known for his books on the Southwest and Spanish Americas, here recounts in detail the story of Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante on his expedition to the Interior Basin in 1776. Bolton also includes translations of Father Escalante’s expedition itinerary and personal journal, in which Escalante described the expeditions he went on. He also includes a translation Bernardo Miera y Pacheco’s report to the King of Spain dated October 26, 1777, as well as two maps. “This dynamic story of Father Escalante’s trek into the Great Basin, by Dr. Herbert E. Bolton, represents the results of a long lifetime of interest, writing, and exploration in Spanish activities in the great Southwest.”—Preface
Author: Frederic J. Athearn
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This volume represents a bridge between Colorado's pre-historic past and the time of Anglo-American settlement in our state. Few people realize that hundreds of years before the discovery of gold in Colorado during 1859, a highly developed civilization had explored and settled the area now known as New Mexico. ... This long cultural heritage was overshadowed when Colorado [and New Mexico] became part of the United States during the mid-1800s"--Foreword
Author: Library of Congress
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 98
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The fifth in a series designed to reflect, as they appear, the composition of exhibits commemorative of each of the 48 United States. The vast treasures of book and manuscript and pictorial material contained in the collections of the Library of Congress include a record of the American achievement in terms of the community, and constitute a moving and significant and tangible part of the American inheritance. Placing them on exhibition may help us come to know what is ours and what we have become. Luther H. Evans, Librarian of Congress.