Escalante's Dream - On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
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Escalante's Dream - On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
epub | 24.88 MB | English |
Author :David Roberts | B07JQZJG56 | 2019 | W. W. Norton & Company
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[spoiler]Famed adventure writer David Roberts re-creates the extraordinary 1,700-mile journey of the eighteenth- century Domínguez-Escalante scouting expedition.
In late July 1776, fathers Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Francisco Vélez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to chart a route to the new Spanish missions in California. The Fransiscans planned to scout the country for mineral wealth and locate the Ute and Navajo tribes for conversion. In present- day Utah, however, the dangers of starvation and hypothermia forced them to turn back. By November the friars were reduced to survival mode: stymied by the raging Colorado River, they had to kill their horses for food. At last they succeeded in fording the river at a place later known as "Crossing of the Fathers."
In this adventure- history, David Roberts travels the Spaniards' forgotten route, using Escalante's first- person report as his guide. Blending personal and historical...[/spoiler]
Category : | History of Spain & Portugal, Historical Spain & Portugal Biographies, Santa Fe New Mexico Travel Books
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