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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 - Roberts, David
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"In July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dom???inguez and Silvestre V???elez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to blaze a pathway to the new Spanish missions in California, across the huge expanse of what would become the American Southwest. In October, in western Utah, ravaged by hunger and cold, the twelve-man team had to turn back. Stymied by the raging Colorado River, killing their horses for food, the men saw an exploring expedition transformed into a fight for survival. In this chronicle of adventure and ...

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Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest 2020, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393358452

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Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest 2019, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393652062

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