Escalante's Dream : On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest EPUB
by David Roberts
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In late July 1776, fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Francisco Velez 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.In this adventure-history, David Roberts travels the Spaniards' forgotten route, using Escalante's first-person report as his guide.
Blending personal and historical narrative, he relives the glories, catastrophes and courage of this desperate journey.
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- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date:16/07/2019
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- ISBN:9780393652079
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date:16/07/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393652079