Domínguez–Escalante expedition
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The Domínguez–Escalante expedition was a 1776 Spanish exploratory journey led by Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante that sought an overland route from New Mexico to California and extensively mapped parts of the American Southwest.
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| Domínguez–Escalante expedition canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23479833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Domínguez–Escalante expedition Context triple: [Escalante River, discoveredByEuropeans, Domínguez–Escalante expedition]
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Steptoe Expedition
The Steptoe Expedition was an 1858 U.S. Army campaign led by Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe in the Pacific Northwest that culminated in a significant defeat by Native American forces near present-day Rosalia, Washington.
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Coronado expedition (1540–1542)
The Coronado expedition (1540–1542) was a large Spanish-led overland journey through the American Southwest in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold, which resulted instead in the first extensive European exploration of the region.
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Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition was an 1870 exploratory survey of the Yellowstone region whose reports helped lead to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
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Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers were Spanish colonial pioneers who journeyed overland from New Spain to Alta California in the 1770s, establishing some of the region’s earliest civilian communities.
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Stephen Harriman Long expedition
The Stephen Harriman Long expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored early 19th-century exploratory journey that surveyed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, significantly shaping American geographic and scientific understanding of the West.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Domínguez–Escalante expedition Target entity description: The Domínguez–Escalante expedition was a 1776 Spanish exploratory journey led by Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante that sought an overland route from New Mexico to California and extensively mapped parts of the American Southwest.
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A.
Steptoe Expedition
The Steptoe Expedition was an 1858 U.S. Army campaign led by Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe in the Pacific Northwest that culminated in a significant defeat by Native American forces near present-day Rosalia, Washington.
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B.
Coronado expedition (1540–1542)
The Coronado expedition (1540–1542) was a large Spanish-led overland journey through the American Southwest in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold, which resulted instead in the first extensive European exploration of the region.
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C.
Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
The Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition was an 1870 exploratory survey of the Yellowstone region whose reports helped lead to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
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D.
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers were Spanish colonial pioneers who journeyed overland from New Spain to Alta California in the 1770s, establishing some of the region’s earliest civilian communities.
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E.
Stephen Harriman Long expedition
The Stephen Harriman Long expedition was a U.S. government-sponsored early 19th-century exploratory journey that surveyed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions, significantly shaping American geographic and scientific understanding of the West.
- F. None of above. chosen
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