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To the Corner of the Province - The 1780 Ugarte-Rocha Sonoran Reconnaissance and Implications for Environmental and Cultural Change (Hardcover)
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To the Corner of the Province - The 1780 Ugarte-Rocha Sonoran Reconnaissance and Implications for Environmental and Cultural Change (Hardcover)
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In April 1780, Military Governor Ugarte and Chief Engineer Rocha
were sent on a reconnaissance mission through the northwestern
frontier of New Spain, land that today is northern Sonora and
southeastern Arizona. Seeking information on the advisability of
placing a presidio at the junction of the San Pedro and Gila
rivers, Ugarte and Rocha described the landscape in unprecedented
detail. Their accounts provide valuable baseline information on
environment and culture that allows for analysis of changes at a
critical moment in borderland history. To the Corner of the
Province provides not just the translations of their orders,
summary reports, journal, and map, but commentary informed by a
variety of sources. Drawing on ethnography, borderland history,
ethnohistory, oral history, and archaeology, authors Seymour and
Rodriguez elucidate the significance of these documents, expounding
on the content and providing a glimpse into the harsh realities and
intrinsic beauty of the region. Seymour’s more than thirty
years’ experience working in this part of the Southwest adds
depth and perspective to the narrative.
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