Description

Author: Bartlett, Katharine (1907-2001)

Publisher: New Mexico Historical Review

Pub Date: 1942

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 4 copies, all PC26. All copies include a fold out map of the probable routes taken by Espejo and Farfan. Copies 1 and 2: Fair to Good. Stapled bindings tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Copy 3: Fair. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears, folds. Upper corners of all interior pages are bent to varying degrees (but not the front or rear covers). Light edge wear. Copy 4: Fair. Stapled binding tight. No tears, bends, folds. Previous owner’s name in ink on upper front cover corner. Light edge and corner wear. None of these copies are the copy shown in the photo above.

Notes: Pamphlet. Offprint. Originally published in the New Mexico Historical Review, January 1942. “The mines to which Espejo and Farfán went have been a subject of some speculation among historians for many years. Though all the other portions of the routes of these explorers seem clear enough, the position of the mines has often been imagined…The journal of Diego Pérez de Luxán, a narrative of the Espejo expedition, was translated and edited by Hammond and Rey and published in 1929. They pointed out that Espejo could not have covered the distance to western Arizona in the time at his disposal and that he probably went to the Verde Valley. This assumption is undoubtedly correct, for the Spanish description of the mines (which were copper mines), is identical to the description of the Indian workings, which were found when the United Verde was incorporated in 1883.” (pages 22-23) Always searching for treasure, Spanish explorers went in search of mines, and found….copper. Kinda like finding a buried penny in your backyard.