The Domínguez-Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

Silvestre Vélez de Escalante

University of Utah Press, 1995 - History - 153 pages

Translated by Fray Angelico Chavez, Edited by Ted J. Warner

Western History

The chronicle of Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Fray Silvestre Vélez de Escalante's most remarkable 1776 expedition through the Rocky Mountains, the eastern Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau to inventory new lands for the Spanish crown and to find a route from Santa Fe to Monterey, California.

Escalante's journal wonderfully describes every detail of the rugged and scenic country through which they journeyed, along the qualities and customs of its inhabitants. Working as far north as present-day Provo, Utah, the expedition finally returned south. An approaching severe winter and mishaps among the maze of the Grand Canyon forced the party to return to Santa Fe by way of the Hopi pueblos.

This journal provides a fascinating account of over a thousand miles of wilderness exploration.

Contents

• Map of DomínguezEscalante Expedition by Don Bernard0 de Miera y Pacheco 1778: 144
• Glossary: 147
• Bibliography: 151

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Domínguez-Escalante Journal: Their Expedition Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776
• Author: Silvestre Vélez de Escalante
• Editor: Ted J. Warner
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Utah Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0874804485, 9780874804485
• Length: 153 pages
• Subjects: History / Expeditions & Discoveries; History / General; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)