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

Goodwin, Robert 1969- (Author).

Summary: Drawing on contemporary accounts and long-lost records, Goodwin recounts the extraordinary story of Esteban's sixteenth-century odyssey, which began in Florida and wound through what is now Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, as far as the Gulf of California. Eventually he emerged as the leader of the few survivors of the expedition, guiding them on an extraordinary eight-year march westward to safety."

Record details

ISBN: 9780061140440 (hardcover) :
ISBN: 0061140449 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.