Derrotero y diario, 1776 July 29 - 1777 January 3. [microform].

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Derrotero y diario, 1776 July 29 - 1777 January 3. [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17270548

Collection includes pp. 48-[84] of a handwritten journal concerning an expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico to the Great Basin.

37 p. (on 1 microfilm reel)

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6918969

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Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776

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Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792

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Spanish Franciscan missionary priest who came to New Spain in 1769. He served in various missions, and was head of the Zuni mission. In 1776-77, he and Father Francisco Domínguez led an expedition to open an overland trail from Santa Fe to Monterey. Although they never reached Monterey, they explored the Utah Basin and succeeded in crossing the Colorado River near Glen Canyon, which today lies beneath Lake Powell. From the description of Letters, 1775 Aug. 18-1776 July 29. (Newberry...