Dominguez Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado Utah AZ & N Mex 1776 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780874804485)

Translated by Fray Angelico Chavez, Edited by Ted J. Warner

Western History

The chronicle of Fray Francisco Atanasio Dom?guez and Fray Silvestre V駘ez de Escalante's most 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.

Escalante's journal wonderfully describes every detail of the rugged and scenic country through which they journeyed, along the qualities and customs of its inhabitants. Working as far north as present-day Provo, Utah, the expedition finally returned south. An approaching severe winter and mishaps among the maze of the Grand Canyon forced the party to return to Santa Fe by way of the Hopi pueblos.

This journal provides a fascinating account of over a thousand miles of wilderness exploration.

Author: Ted J. Warner
ISBN-10: 0874804485
ISBN-13: 9780874804485
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Language: English
Published: 12/04/2004
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.07w x 0.53d