Plano geográphico, de la tierra descubierta, nuevamente, à los Rumbos Norte, Noroeste y Oeste, del Nuevo Mexico / demarcada por mi Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco què entrò a hacer su descubrimiento, en compañia de los RR. s PP. s Fr. Francisco Atanacio Doming[ue]s y Fr. Silbestre Veles ... 177

Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de

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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...

Domínguez, Francisco Atanasio, active 1776

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Hammond, George Peter 1896-

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American historian, author, director of the Bancroft Library, and professor of history at various American universities. From the description of Papers, 1628-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599113 George P. Hammond, son of a Danish homesteader in North Dakota, resided in that state until his adolescence, at which point he moved, along with his family, to California. There, he pursued his doctoral degree and established himself as a known scholar of Mexic...