The journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the city of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the buffalo plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska / as told by himself and his followers; tr. and ed., with an introduction, by George Parker Winship.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952, editor.

Contributor:

Castañeda de Nájera, Pedro de, active 16th century.

Mendoza, Antonio de, approximately 1492-1552.

Jaramillo, Juan Camilo.

Series:

American explorers ; 17.

American explorers ; 17

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554.

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de.

Southwest, New--Description and travel.

Southwest, New.

New Southwest.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 251 pages : frontispiece (facsimile) 1 illustration, folded map. ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Allerton Book Co., 1922.

Contents:

Introduction.

Itinerary of the Coronado expeditions, 1527-1547.

Translation of the narrative of Castañeda.

Translation of the letter from Mendoza to the king, April 17, 1540.

Translation of the letter from Coronado to Mendoza, August 3, 1540.

Translation of the Traslado de las nuevas.

Translation of the Relacion del suceso.

Translation of a letter from Coronado to the king, October 20, 1541.

Translation of the narrative of Jaramillo.

Translation of the report of Hernando de Alvarado.

Testimony concerning those who went on the expedition with Francisco Vasquez Coronado.

Notes:

The translations included in the present volume are found, accompanied by an historical introduction and the Spanish text of Castañeda's narrative, in the editor's The Coronado expedition, 1540-1542 (U. S. Bureau of American ethnology. 14th annual report, pt. 1, Washington, 1896, p. 329-613) The narrative of Castañeda is from a Spanish ms. preserved in the New York Public library.

Also published by A. S. Barnes & co., New York, 1904, in the series called The trail makers.

OCLC:

2050064