Escalante's Dream (eBook)

On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest

David Roberts (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
360 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-65207-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Famed adventure writer David Roberts retraces the route of the legendary Domnguez-Escalante expedition.In July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Domnguez and Silvestre Vlez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to blaze a pathway to the new Spanish missions in California, across the huge expanse of what would become the American Southwest. In October, in western Utah, ravaged by hunger and cold, the twelve-man team had to turn back. Stymied by the raging Colorado River, killing their horses for food, the men saw an exploring expedition transformed into a fight for survival. In this chronicle of adventure and history, David Roberts retraces the Spaniards forgotten route, using Escalantes diary as his guide. Blending personal narrative with critical analysis, Roberts relives the glories, catastrophes, and courage of this desperate journey.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.7.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 1 map; 8 pages of photographs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: 1776 • 18th century • Adventure • American West • atanasio dominguez • Colorado River • Expedition • exploration • explorers • franciscan priests • journey • Missionaries • New Mexico • new spain • Santa Fe • silvestre velez de escalante • Southwest • Spanish • Survival • united-states • Utah
• ISBN-10: 0-393-65207-6 / 0393652076
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-65207-9 / 9780393652079