Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was given supreme command of the largest expedition of conquest in the brief but magnificently profitable history of the New World. His company was made up of 230 horsemen recruited from the nobility of New Spain, 62 heavily armed foot soldiers, and five friars. #2 The expedition began to realize that Cibola might not be as rich as they had hoped. The first major encounter between Europeans and natives in the territory of the United States took place when the Spanish commander, Coronado, attacked the pueblo of Háwikuh. The Zuñi storehouses held mostly dried corn and pinto beans. #3 When Cárdenas arrived at the entrance to the abyss, the continent from which he and his men came was still in the Middle Ages, while the first tremors of the seismic shifts that would rock the face of the world were already being felt. #4 The first encounter between Cárdenas and the canyon took place at the edge of the abyss, where the South Rim bends from the east to the north. Today, this promontory is known as Desert View.

本書は、富への野心と圧倒的な大自然の深淵が衝突する瞬間の凄みを、至高の筆致で描き出しています。黄金の都市を追う遠征隊が直面したのは、人知を超えた巨大な峡谷でした。作品の真髄は、中世の価値観を抱えた人間が計り知れない地質学的な時間と対峙した際の畏怖を、詩的かつ重厚なリアリズムで浮き彫りにした点にあります。 文明の傲慢さが自然の沈黙に屈服する過程は、単なる歴史の記録を超え、現代を生きる我々の魂をも激しく揺さぶります。「永遠」というテーマが突きつける文明の脆さと、過酷な探検を通じて綴られる壮大な叙事詩。それは人間の限界に挑む情熱の結晶であり、ページを捲るたびに震えるような感動を呼び起こす至高のドキュメンタリーです。