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New Mexico's royal road : trade and travel on the Chihuahua Trail

Title
New Mexico's royal road : trade and travel on the Chihuahua Trail / by Max L. Moorhead.
Author
Moorhead, Max L.
Publication
  • Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1958]
  • ©1958

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Description
xi, 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Summary
A study of the classic north-south highway connecting Santa Fe and Chihauhau, pioneered by Onate in 1598.
Subject
  • Commerce
  • Travel
  • El Camino Real (Calif.)
  • Chihuahua (Mexico : State) > Description and travel
  • United States > Commerce > Mexico
  • Mexico > Commerce > United States
  • Mexico
  • Mexico > Chihuahua (State)
  • United States
  • California > El Camino Real
Genre/Form
  • Informational works
  • Informational works.
  • Documents d'information.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 205-221.
Contents
Blazing the Camino Real -- Colonial caravan trade -- Merchant caravans from Missouri -- Techniques of the overland trade -- The roads to Chihuahua -- Commercial controls and contraband -- Profit and loss in wartime -- The significance.
LCCN
58011599
OCLC
  • ocm00493262
  • 493262
  • SCSB-769337
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library