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

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Goodwin,Robert (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2008
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780061140440
    Published:
    New York: Harper
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    0061140449;9780061140440
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Blacks, Biography, Slavery, Slaves, Spain, Discovery and exploration, 16th century, and Southern States
    Notes:
    414 p., Never-before-told story of the first black explorer and adventurer in America, Esteban Dorantes. An African slave, Dorantes led an eight-year journey from Florida to California in the early 16th century -— three hundred years before Lewis and Clark ventured west. Includes "Camino Real: The Royal Road to Mexico City, 1536," "Dorantes and the Archive of the Indies," and "Cuba: 1527-1528."

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