Diario y derrotero de los nuevos descubimientos de tierras a los rumbos N. N. OC.OC. del Nuevo Mexico... 1799.

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Diario y derrotero de los nuevos descubimientos de tierras a los rumbos N. N. OC.OC. del Nuevo Mexico... 1799.

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Photostats of a handwritten copy of the original manuscript copied by José Cortés, a lieutenant of the Spanish Royal Corps of Engineers, ca. 1799. Includes an English typed translation and letter from the Library of Congress to Frederick Hodge. The narrative describes their trip northwest through Colorado and Utah, the landscape, Indian groups, and their return journey.

171, 171, p., 4 leaves.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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