To the corner of the province : the 1780 Ugarte-Rocha Sonoran reconnaissance and implications for environmental and cultural change

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Deni J., author

Publication/Creation:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

To the corner of the province : the 1780 Ugarte-Rocha Sonoran reconnaissance and implications for environmental and cultural change / Deni J. Seymour and Oscar Rodriguez

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Rodriguez, Oscar (Oscar S.), author

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples of North America--Mexico--Sonora (State)--18th century--Sources
Apache Indians--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--18th century--Sources
Fortification--New Spain--History--18th century--Sources
New Spain--Discovery and exploration--18th century--Sources
New Spain--Social life and customs--18th century--Sources
Sonora (Mexico : State)--Discovery and exploration--Sources
Sonora (Mexico : State)--Social life and customs--Sources

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The 1780 Ugarte-Rocha reconnaissance for the new presidial line -- Instructions and justifications -- Summary reports regarding the corner of the province -- Map and route of the Sonoran frontier -- Gerónimo de la Rocha y Figueroa's diary -- Environmental history -- Insights into indigenous practices and local customs -- Insights into the enemy Apache -- A frontier landscape, both conceded and contested -- Appendix: Transcriptions of primary source documents.

Summary:

"In April 1780 Military Governor Ugarte and Chief Engineer Rocha were sent on reconnaissance through the northwestern frontier of New Spain, land that today is northern Sonora and southeastern Arizona. Toward the end of the 1500-mile journey, Rocha's mule tumbled down a river slope and his papers, books, and the rest he had with him went down with it. He salvaged what he could of these materials, including the diary on which this current book is based. 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 allow analysis of changes occurring at this critical moment in borderland history. The translations of their orders, summary reports, journal, and map provided in this volume are interwoven and informed by a variety of sources (ethnography, borderland history, ethnohistory, oral history, and archaeology) that collectively draw out the significance of these documents, enriching the content and providing a glimpse into the harsh realities and intrinsic beauty of the region. Deni Seymour's more than 30 years of experience studying the Colonial period in this very part of the Southwest lends depth and perspective to the narrative"--Provided by publisher.

Language:

English
Spanish

Language Note:

Contains appendix with transcriptions of original Spanish documents, as well as annotated, English translations of those documents. All extended discussion of the documents is in English.

Physical Type/Description:

xiii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm + 1 folded map (33 x 26 cm, folded to 17 x 26 cm)

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937225734502486

ISBN:

9781607816201
1607816202

OCLC Number:

1022982060

Barcode:

010003092881