The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 1540-1542 Route Across the Southwest

Description

Editors: Flint, Richard and Flint, Shirley Cushing

Publisher: University Press of Colorado (Niwot, CO)

Pub Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Appears unread.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  One scratch, approx. 1/2″ long, on lower rear cover, just above bar code.  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes: “The Coronado expedition was an ambitious one.  It contained some 350 Spaniards, more than two-thirds of them mounted.  There were five Franciscans: three priests and two lay brothers.  In addition there were perhaps 1,300 native soldiers from the Aztec, Tlaxcalan, and Tarascan areas, plus additional servants and slaves.  With the party were some 1,500 horses and mules, large herds of sheep (probably in the thousands), and apparently a number of cattle.  Pigs were also purchased for the trip, but is unknown whether they went as salted-down pork or on the hoof…” (Pages 5-6).  Nothing to see here–just 2000 people and their animals on the move.