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Home New Mexico Socorro County Espejo's Expedition on the Camino Real (2)
     

Espejo's Expedition on the Camino Real (2)

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In 1582 and 1583, Antonio de Espejo and his party paralleled the Rio Grande north to the Barnalillo area. He was trying to learn the fate of two Franciscan friars who had stayed with the Pueblo Indians after the Rodriguez-Sá Chamuscado expedition returned to Mexico in 1581.



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