Autore	Tovell Freeman
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina	917.904/1092
Soggetto topico	Explorers - Pacific Coast (North America) Explorers - Spain
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-45697-0 9786612456978 0-7748-5595-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458854703321

Autore	Bolton Herbert Eugene <1870-1953, >
Edizione	[4th pbk. ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 1990
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (526 p.)
Disciplina	979/.01/092
Soggetto topico	Explorers - Southwest, New Explorers - Spain Spaniards - Southwest, New - History - 16th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8263-3723-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNISA-996248161903316

Autore	Myers Kathleen Ann
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina	970.01/6
Altri autori (Persone)	ScottNina M Fernandez de Oviedo y ValdesGonzalo <1478-1557.>
Soggetto topico	Historians - America Historians - Spain Explorers - America Explorers - Spain
ISBN	0-292-79502-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: NEW WORLD, NEW HISTORY AND THE WRITING OF AMERICA -- One. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS The Life and Writings of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés -- Two. A READER’S GUIDE TO A NEW WORLD HISTORY (Proemio, bk. 1) -- Three. THE HISTORIAN AS ACTOR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHER Tierra Firme 1514 (bk. 29, chap. 6) -- Four. EYEWITNESS TO AMERICA’S WONDERS Illustrating a Natural History of the Indies (bk. 7, chap. 14) -- Five. AMAZON WOMEN AND NEW WORLD REALITIES Documenting an Expanding World (bk. 6, chap. 33) -- Six. CORTÉS AND THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO Truth and Multiple Testimonies (bk. 33, chap. 54) -- Seven. NATIVE AMERICANS IN OVIEDO’S HISTORY (bk. 29, chap. 26) -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A: Chronology of Fernández de Oviedo’s Life and Works -- APPENDIX B: Map of Hispaniola and Tierra Firme, ca. 1540 -- APPENDIX C: Translations of passages from Fernández de Oviedo’s Historia general y natural de las Indias -- APPENDIX D: Table. Historia general y natural Manuscript Locations and Illustrations/Woodcuts -- APPENDIX E: Illlustrations -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910811934303321

Autore	Tovell Freeman
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina	917.904/1092
Soggetto topico	Explorers - Pacific Coast (North America) Explorers - Spain
ISBN	1-282-45697-0 9786612456978 0-7748-5595-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Beginnings -- The Explorer: New Spain and the Northwest Coast -- The 1775 Voyage on the Sonora -- Preparations for the 1779 Voyage -- The 1779 Voyage -- Away from the North Pacific -- The Commandant -- The Nootka Crisis and the Spanish Response -- The Administration of San Blas de Nayarit -- The Diplomat -- The Nootka Convention and the Expedition of the Limits -- Bodega at Nootka -- The Commissioners' Negotiations at Nootka -- Leaving Nootka -- Results and Consequences of the Expedition of the Limits -- Endings -- Bodega's Secret Instructions to Eliza for the Reoccupation of Nootka, January 28, 1790 -- Revillagigedo's Instructions to Bodega for the Expedition of the Limits -- History and Description of Bodega's Viaje : The Official Report of the Expedition of the Limits -- Biographical Notes -- Rank Structure of the Spanish Navy -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910791413903321

Autore	Tovell Freeman
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (490 p.)
Disciplina	917.904/1092
Soggetto topico	Explorers - Pacific Coast (North America) Explorers - Spain
ISBN	1-282-45697-0 9786612456978 0-7748-5595-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Beginnings -- The Explorer: New Spain and the Northwest Coast -- The 1775 Voyage on the Sonora -- Preparations for the 1779 Voyage -- The 1779 Voyage -- Away from the North Pacific -- The Commandant -- The Nootka Crisis and the Spanish Response -- The Administration of San Blas de Nayarit -- The Diplomat -- The Nootka Convention and the Expedition of the Limits -- Bodega at Nootka -- The Commissioners' Negotiations at Nootka -- Leaving Nootka -- Results and Consequences of the Expedition of the Limits -- Endings -- Bodega's Secret Instructions to Eliza for the Reoccupation of Nootka, January 28, 1790 -- Revillagigedo's Instructions to Bodega for the Expedition of the Limits -- History and Description of Bodega's Viaje : The Official Report of the Expedition of the Limits -- Biographical Notes -- Rank Structure of the Spanish Navy -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910825314403321