On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer
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COUES, Elliott, ed. On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer: The Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garces (Missionary Priest) in His Travels through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775-1776. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1900. 2 Vols. 1st eds. xxx,312;vii, 313-608 pp. Frontises., illus., maps (including folding maps). Orig. cloth. Fine. HOWES C-801. One of 950 copies. Father Francisco Tomas Hermenegildo Garces (1738-1781) explored much of what became the southwestern United States. This was the last book by the renowned historian Elliott Coues who corrected its proof on his deathbed.
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