68. CASTAÑEDA, Pedro de, et al.
The Journey of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado,
1540-1542. Translated & Edited by George Parker
Winship. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933. xxvii,
134 [12] pp., illustrations and decorations by Arvilla
Parker, initials in red by Fred Glauser. Folio, original
cloth. Spine slightly rubbed. Bookplate of Joseph M.
Gleason.
First
edition, limited edition (550 copies). Basic Texas
Books 28E: "The best account of Coronado’s famous
expedition in search of the seven cities of gold, much of
which occurred in Texas." Clark, Old South I:5: "Of
monumental importance in the history of the American
Southwest." Grabhorn 195. Howes W571. Pingenot:
Castañeda, a soldier in Coronado’s retinue,
kept a journal of the expedition. He prefaced his narrative
by saying "I believe that the result cannot fail to be an
account which...will be so remarkable that it will seem
incredible." Winship agreed that it was "one of the most
remarkable explorations recorded in the annals of American
history." Although Coronado found no gold, nor the fabled
Seven Cities of Cibola, his expedition did uncover a wealth
of information about the Plains and Pueblo Indians, as well
as new geographical information on the vast area they
traversed.
($100-200)