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Bezig met laden... The Dominguez Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado Utah Arizona and New Mexico in 1776door Ted J. Warner
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. "[We thought] that one of [the Utes] might be able to guide us or furnish us with some hints for continuing our journey with less difficulty and hardship than the one we were now experiencing - for none of our companions knew the water sources and terrain..." The Dominguez-Escalante expedition sought to map a route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Monterey, Alta California. Although it eventually failed, Fray Escalante’s daily journals succeed in documenting the people, plants, animals, minerals, terrain and waterways of this region at the time. It documents the Colorado Plateau’s history, geography and settlements and is a very important piece of the region’s historical record. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The chronicle of Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez's remarkable 1776 expedition through the Rocky Mountains, the eastern Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau to inventory new lands for the Spanish crown and to find a route from Santa Fe to Monterey, California. This oversize edition includes nine pages of photographs and maps, plus an appendix containing the complete journal in its original Spanish. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)978.9History and Geography North America Western U.S. New MexicoLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Due to the repetitiveness, and lack of personal knowledge of the area involved, I skimmed a lot, but read the bits like encounters with natives, and eating horses to avoid starving, and the various plants (bamboo!? I hadn't realized there was any native in the Americas, let alone that the Spaniards of that time, 1776 would know it by that name) that they found along the way.
The translators and editors added lots of footnotes. Some to explain the culture and times, most to tell the modern names of the physical areas traveled over. ( )