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EXPLOITING INDIGENOUS GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDING
2013
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Consideration of the inhibiting effects of western exploratory difficulties and disappointments, of the Far West’s geographic position, and of the competitive allure of other potential targets of investigation yields a fair explanation for the pre-1763 Spanish failure to explore the better part of the North American West. Such consideration leaves open, however, the question of why, if the physical and human geography of the North American West rendered its thorough exploration by Spaniards themselves arduous and unappealing, they could not avail themselves of Indian information, utilizing native geographic knowledge as a substitute for Spanish sails and feet. When Vizcaíno sailed
