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Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 : the story of the first African-American explorer of the American South Cover Image Book

Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 : the story of the first African-American explorer of the American South / Robert Goodwin.

Goodwin, Robert, 1969- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0061140449
  • ISBN: 9780061140440
  • ISBN: 0061140457
  • ISBN: 9780061140457
  • ISBN: 0061705292
  • ISBN: 9780061705298
  • Physical Description: xviii, 414 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, [2008]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-392) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject: Estevan, -1539.
Explorers > America > Biography.
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Slavery > America > History > 16th century.
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Genre: Biographies.

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