audiobook Psychopathic Racial Personality and Other Essays by Bobby E Wright in History

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On 29 July 1776; Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestro Velez de Escalante embarked on an expedition to seek an overland route from Santa Fe; New Mexico; to Monterey; California. Although the Spaniards did not reach their final destination; the expedition is widely regarded as one of the great explorations in western U.S. history for its documentation of the land and Native people in the Four Corners. The group--including cartographer Don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco; Ute-speaking guides; and the alcalde (mayor) of Zuni--circumnavigated 1;800 miles of uncharted territory never before seen by Europeans; an arduous five-month trip documented in Escalante's journal; a widely read historical account of the exploration. More than two hundred years later Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfried Halus have created a remarkable visual record of the expedition. Using Escalante's journal as their guide; the photographers followed the expeditionary route; circling through New Mexico; Colorado; Utah; and Arizona; and documenting the frontier as first witnessed by the Spanish explorers on horseback. The expedition passed what today are major national parks and landforms: Zion Canyon; Dinosaur Monument; and the Grand Canyon. The photographs show many areas virtually unchanged over centuries; other images reveal the passage of time in pictures of dammed rivers; power lines; and towns where virgin forests once stood. Quoting widely from Escalante's journal; the authors present firsthand accounts of the expedition alongside their photographic narrative. Essays by the photographers discuss their methodology and experiences as modern-day explorers retracing the steps of the friars. In his historical essay; Joseph P. Sanchez writes about the lasting legacy of the Spanish expeditions.