Along Ancient Trails · the Mallet Expedition of 1739
- Authors
- Blakeslee, Donald J.
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- ISBN
- 9780870814105
- Date
- 1995-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.27 MB
- Lang
- en
Combining documents of the journey with field research and archaeological sites, Blakeslee (anthropology, Wichita State U.) delineates the route taken by a French expedition from Illinois to Santa Fe to establish trade with New Mexico. Regular trade was prevented by the Spanish, who feared French rivalry, but the expedition is a part of western his