In 1540 Francisco V�zquez de Coronado, the governor of Nueva Galicia in western Mexico, led an expedition of reconnaissance and expansion to a place called C�bola, far to the north in what is now New Mexico. The essays collected in this book bring multidisciplinary expertise to the study of that expedition. Although scholars have been examining the Coronado expedition for over 460 years, it left a rich documentary record that still offers myriad research opportunities from a variety of approaches. Volume contributors ...
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In 1540 Francisco V�zquez de Coronado, the governor of Nueva Galicia in western Mexico, led an expedition of reconnaissance and expansion to a place called C�bola, far to the north in what is now New Mexico. The essays collected in this book bring multidisciplinary expertise to the study of that expedition. Although scholars have been examining the Coronado expedition for over 460 years, it left a rich documentary record that still offers myriad research opportunities from a variety of approaches. Volume contributors are from a range of disciplines including history, archaeology, Latin American studies, anthropology, astronomy, and geology. Each addresses as aspect of the Coronado Expedition from the perspectives of his/her field, examining topics that include analyses of Spanish material culture in the New World; historical documentation of finances, provisioning, and muster rolls; Spanish exploration in the Borderlands; Native American contact with Spanish explorers; and determining the geographic routes of the Expedition.
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New. Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white, Maps, Figures.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine Hardcover and Fine Dust Jacket NOT Price clipped 378 pp. Clean Pages. University of New Mexico Press, 2003. First American Edition. 8vo. B/W illus. Maps Seventeen essays on the Coronado expedition. From military archeology to the diaries of the men themselves. The Conquistadors and the Taos and Acoma Pueblos and the native resistance as well as examination of the primary documents and the maps. NOT a library book! Illus. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scan.
