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Jacobo Sedelmayr reports concerning explorations in the Southwest, 1750.
BANC MSS 93/55 p v.1; BANC MSS 93/55 p v.2
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Title:
Jacobo Sedelmayr reports concerning explorations in the Southwest, 1750Creator/Contributor:
Sedelmayr, Jacobo, 1703-1779, creatorAbstract:
Complementary reports (one a continuous narrative, the other written as 22 daily entries) concerning an exploring expedition
in the Southwest undertaken by Sedelmayr and twenty-four soldiers, from Busani, near Caborca, to the Gila-Colorado River area
of Southern Arizona, then descending the California Peninsula, returning across the bay and back to Busani.
Date:
1750 (issued)Contents:
Relacíon de la entrada que hizo el ano de 1750 en el mes de Noviembre, y Diciembre a las Naciones del río Gila y Colorado
... (3 pages) -- Derrotero de la entrada para el Río Colorado, que hize por orden del Sr. Gobernador Dn. Diego Ortiz Parrilla
... (3 pages)
Subject:
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Ortiz Parrilla, Diego
Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration
Arizona -- Description and travel
California -- Description and travel
Mexico -- Description and travel
Note:
Bound separately in modern gilt-stamped calf.
Jacobo Sedelmayr reports concerning explorations in the Southwest, BANC MSS 93/55 p, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Purchase; from Bernard Quaritch; 19920802.
In Spanish.
Physical Description:
print
2 volumes ; 33 cm.
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
BANC MSS 93/55 p v.1
BANC MSS 93/55 p v.2