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
xxxiv, 251 pages frontispiece (facsimile) 1 illustration, double map 18 cm
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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
The translations included in the present volume are found, accompanied by an historical introduction and the Spanish text of Castrabeda's narrative, in the editor's The Coronado expedition, 1540-1542 (U.S. Bureau of American enthology, 14th Annual report, pt. 1 Washington, 1896, 329-613)--The narrative of Castrabada is from a Spanish manuscript preserved in the New York public library