Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, Number 1, 1976

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Cartography by John Kessell and artwork by Michael S. Berry,

Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante BY ELEANOR B. ADAMS

MONDAY, JULY 29, 1776, two friars of New Mexico, sons of the Franciscan Province of the Holy Gospel with headquarters in Mexico City, set out from Santa Fe on a journey of exploration "happy and full (JN

Miss Adams is research professor-at-large, emeritus, University of New Mexico. © 1976 Eleanor B. Adams.


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