Diary of an expedition to discover a route to Monterey, California, [ca. 1777] / by Silvestre Vélez de Escalante copied by Manuel de la Vega.

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Diary of an expedition to discover a route to Monterey, California, [ca. 1777] / by Silvestre Vélez de Escalante copied by Manuel de la Vega.

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The diary records an 1776 to 1777 expedition led by Fray Silvestre Vélez de Escalante along with Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez. Their goal was to locate an overland route from Santa Fé, New Mexico to Monterey, California. The narrative describes their trip northwest through Colorado and Utah, the landscape, Indian groups, and their return journey.

190 p.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Vega, Emmanuel ˜deœ

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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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