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Coronado, knight of pueblos and plains /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1990.
Edición:4th pbk. ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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