{"product_id":"following-the-royal-road-a-guide-to-the-historic-camino-real-de-tierra-adentro-9780826340856","title":"Following the Royal Road: A Guide to the Historic Camino Real de Tierra Adentro","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior Land) is North America's oldest and longest road. Juan de Oñate extended the Camino to New Mexico in 1598, making it 1,500 miles long. Here, Hal Jackson brings to life this important route connecting Mexico City with Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was the lifeline for administrative, commercial, and ecclesiastical functions in northern Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe northern section of the Camino Real, the portion in New Mexico and Texas, was designated a National Historic Trail by the U.S. Congress in 2000 and an interpretive and visitor center (the Camino Real Heritage Center) has opened south of Socorro, New Mexico. This guidebook provides the traveler with useful commentary on the entire Camino as it winds its way from New Mexico through Mexico, ending in Mexico City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackson includes narrative accounts collected from a variety of primary sources to add an eyewitness perspective to topics as diverse as sixteenth-century haciendas, colonial presidios, and important rest stops \u003cem\u003e(parajes)\u003c\/em\u003e on the Camino in New Mexico. There are many historical vignettes plus sixty maps drawn by the author to assist in finding Camino sites. Other information provides the traveler with details such as highway numbers, mileage, accommodations, and areas of interest off the main Camino route.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHal Jackson is professor emeritus of geography at Humboldt State University and is currently part of the adjunct faculty of University of New Mexico's geography department. He resides in Placitas, New Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and the author of over forty books, among them \u003ci\u003eNew Mexico: An Interpretive History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoronado's Land\u003c\/i\u003e (both by UNM Press).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749295325458,"sku":"9780826340856","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a127bb90-7263-4007-8ad2-fa129ce9a10b.jpg?v=1764075915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/following-the-royal-road-a-guide-to-the-historic-camino-real-de-tierra-adentro-9780826340856","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}