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Escalante's Dream

- On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest

  • Format
  • Bog, hardback
  • Engelsk
  • 360 sider

Beskrivelse

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.

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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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal360
  • Udgivelsesdato13-08-2019
  • ISBN139780393652062
  • Forlag Ww Norton & Co
  • FormatHardback
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  • Vægt645 g
  • Dybde3,3 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
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    16,3 cm
    24,4 cm

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