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Record Nr.

UNISA996248161903316

Autore

Bolton Herbert Eugene <1870-1953, >

Titolo

Coronado : Knight of Pueblos and Plains / / Herbert E. Bolton ; foreword by John L. Kessell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

0-8263-3723-6

Edizione

[4th pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Disciplina

979/.01/092

Soggetti

Explorers - Southwest, New

Explorers - Spain

Spaniards - Southwest, New - History - 16th century

Electronic books.

Southwest, New Discovery and exploration

Southwest, New History To 1848

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Winner of the Bancroft prize"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; MAPS; CORONADO IN PUEBLO LAND; I. EL DORADO; II. FOUR RAGGED CASTAWAYS; III. MENDOZA DECIDES TO GAMBLE; IV. FRAY MARCOS SEEKS THE SEVEN CITIES; V. RIVAL CONQUERORS; VI. A CÍBOLA EXPEDITION IS LAUNCHED; VII. RENDEZVOUS AT COMPOSTELA; VIII. FORWARD TO CULIACÁN; IX. WITH THE VANGUARD; X. CÍBOLA LIES AT HAND!; XI. CAPTURE OF HÁWIKUH; XII. HOPIS AND GRAND CANYON; XIII. SCENES SHIFT; XIV. ALARCÓN ON COLORADO RIVER; XV. DÍAZ SEEKS ALARCÓN; XVI. ALVARADO AND THE GOLDEN BRACELET; XVII. WINTER QUARTERS ON THE RIO GRANDE; XVIII. BATTLE OF ARENAL

XIX. SIEGE OF MOHOXX. HO FOR THE LAND OF THE TURK!; XXI. MARCH TO THE PLAINS; XXII. ""NOTHING BUT CATTLE AND SKY""; XXIII. FACING ABOUT; XXIV. THE ARMY RETURNS TO TIGUEX AND A RIVAL APPROACHES; THE BARRANCAS; XXV. QUIVIRA; XXVI. REUNION IN PUEBLO LAND; XXVII. REBELLION IN SONORA; XXVIII. A SADDLE GIRTH BREAKS; XXIX. FRIARS REMAIN IN THE NEW LAND; XXX. BACK TRACK TO MEXICO; XXXI. LATER NEWS FROM THE NORTH; XXXII. GOSSIPS AND



LAWYERS; XXXIII. CÁRDENAS TAKES THE COURT; XXXIV. IN PERSPECTIVE; XXXV. RETURN TO PUEBLO LAND; APPENDIX-PUEBLO SOCIETY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; RETRACING THE TRAIL; REFERENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHYLOST DOCUMENTS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; CORONADO AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

Sommario/riassunto

Herbert Eugene Bolton's classic of southwestern history, first published in 1949, delivers the epic account of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's sixteenth-century entrada to the North American frontier of the Spanish Empire.