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Author:

Goodwin, Robert, 1969-

Title:

Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 : the story of the first African-American explorer of the American South / Robert Goodwin.

Edition:

1st Harper pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xviii, 414 p. : ill., coat of arms, maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Estevan,--d. 1539.
Explorers--America--Biography.
Explorers--Spain--Biography.
Blacks--America--Biography.
Slaves--America--Biography.
Slavery--America--History--16th century.
Cibola, Seven Cities of.
Southwestern States--Spanish.--Spanish.
Southern States--Spanish.--Spanish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and index.

Contents:

Journey's end: the first crossing of America, 1536 -- Camino Real: the royal road to Mexico City, 1536 -- Mexico City: July 1536 -- Fiesta: July 1536 -- Negro Alárabe -- Natural de Azamor: the slave trade -- Jerez: 1522 -- Seville: 1522-1527 -- Oviedo and Cabeza de Vaca -- Dorantes and the archive of the Indies -- Atlantic crossing: 1527 -- Cuba: 1527-1528 -- Florida: 1528 -- The isle of misfortune: 1528-1529 -- Texas: 1529-1533 -- Shamanism: 1533-1535 -- The Rio Grande: 1535 -- Friar Marcos de Niza: 1536-1538 -- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado: 1538-1539 -- Chronicles of Esteban's death -- Epilogue: resurrection.

ISBN:

0061140457
9780061140457

OCLC:

(OCoLC)460659972

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)