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Castañeda de Nájera, Pedro de, 16th cent. Narrative of the expedition to Cibola undertaken in 1540 which treats of all the tribes that inhabit that country their manners and customs / by Pedro de Castañedade Nágera, a copy in the hand of Dr. John Strong Newberry of an English translation in 1856 by Gen. William W. S. Bliss of the Paris 1838 edition of Castañeda's Narrative, to which Newberry appended a copy of an 1858 report by 1st Lt. J. C. Ives Topl. Engrs. upon his survey of the Colorado of the West, [not before 1858].

Title: Narrative of the expedition to Cibola undertaken in 1540 which treats of all the tribes that inhabit that country their manners and customs / by Pedro de Castañedade Nágera, a copy in the hand of Dr. John Strong Newberry of an English translation in 1856 by Gen. William W. S. Bliss of the Paris 1838 edition of Castañeda's Narrative, to which Newberry appended a copy of an 1858 report by 1st Lt. J. C. Ives Topl. Engrs. upon his survey of the Colorado of the West, [not before 1858].

Bound volume with copies of reports of Spanish and American exploration of the Southwest in 1540 and 1858.Castañeda's report was made from an 1838 French edition. Private Shepperd made his copy at Fort Defiance, New Mexico, and Dr. Newberry used Shepperd's copy. Castañeda's narrative begins with a history of the search for the seven cities of gold and describes in more detail the expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado in 1540. The narrative also reports on the native people and landscape the Spanish encountered and their attempts to colonize the region.It was published in Paris in 1838 and translated into Englsih by Gen. Bliss. Dr. Newberry appears to have worked from a copy of the Bliss translation made by a private Sepperd, Company B,2nd Artillery U.S. Army. The report of Joseph Christmas Ives's expedition begins at the mouth of the Colorado and generally follows the river upstream, turning west toward Albuquerque, and then the group traveled overland to Fort Leavenworth. The river is described in view of transportation and comments are made on the local Indian groups.

ArchivalResource: 168 p.

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Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840-1914. Documentary history of the Rio Grande pueblos of New Mexico: part 1 1536 to 1542, ca.1900.

Title: Documentary history of the Rio Grande pueblos of New Mexico: part 1 1536 to 1542, ca.1900.

Typed manuscript. Covers history of New Mexico in the 1500s including the Spanish conquest and observations from explorers. Cover states "Copy sent to me by Ralph E. Twitchell, it is signed FWH, Frederick Webb Hodge. Inside is other writing by Hodge.".

ArchivalResource: 137 p.

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Bancroft, Kate. Translations of various manuscripts and books.

Title: Translations of various manuscripts and books.

Include translations of the following; Fray Juan Crespi's diary kept on the Portolá expedition from San Diego to Monterey and return, July 14, 1769-Jan. 24, 1770 (223 l.); portions of Neue Nachrichten von denen neuentdekten Insuln in der See zwischen Asien und Amerika (105. l.); portions of Don Francisco J. Clavijero's Storia della California (212 l.); Pedro de Castañeda's narrative relating to the Coronado expedition (53 l.); and extract from Lt. L.A. Zagoskin's Alaskan journal of 1842 (19 l.).

ArchivalResource: Originals : 1 portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 530:6) and positive.

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