Gary Richman ruminates on the Coronado Expedition in his book The Confirmation in the Canyon of the Incomprehensible. Richman once again pairs text with collages made up of 50’s-style diagrammatic images, drawings and found photographs. Certain narrative threads pop out of his account—Descartes and Cartesian philosophy are described as agents of mischief, shifting the course of history. The book is framed with a brief history of museums, namely the early debate on the true location of Descartes’ skull. Religion also plays a major role in the work, as the expedition is “inextricably fused in Christian context.” For explorer Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca cared more about the conversion of natives than the rumored material riches of New Spain. Drawings of petroglyphs and diagrams allow the reader to project their own meaning onto the juxtaposition between text and image, allowing for a collaborative reading.