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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 ed.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xviii, 414 p. : ill., coat of arms, maps ; 24 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:

9780061705298 (e-book)
0061705292 (e-book)
9780061140457 (pbk.)
0061140457 (pbk.)
9780061140440 (hardcover)
0061140449 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191930029

LCCN:

2008034548

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YVPA232 -- Lost Nation Public Library (Lost Nation)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)