Material relating to a translation of the Escalante diary : [collection] : 1938-1946.

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Material relating to a translation of the Escalante diary : [collection] : 1938-1946.

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Collection consists of correspondence and a copy of a translation of the diary of Silvestre Velez de escalante, who traveled with a Spanish expedition through Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in 1776.

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Domínguez-Escalante Expedition (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...

Velez de Escalante, Silvestre.

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