Derrotero y Diario : ms., 1776 July 29 - 1777 Jan. 3.

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Derrotero y Diario : ms., 1776 July 29 - 1777 Jan. 3.

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Record of an expedition with Father Francisco Atanasio Domínguez from Santa Fe via Colorado to the Utah Basin, returning to Santa Fe by way of Arizona, undertaken to explore a route from New Mexico to Monterey, California.

[69] p. 31 cm.

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