Samuel James Patrick began his art studies in Philadelphia. By 1925 he had moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute. He was then a staff artist at the Los Angeles Times for over 40 years. He provided the illustrations for the book "They Had a Dream" (1970) by George Reasons. Estevanico is known by several names, including Esteban de Dorantes, Estebanico, and Esteban the Moor, or Mustafa Zemmouri. Enslaved as a youth by the Portuguese, he was sold to a Spanish nobleman and taken in 1527 on the Spanish Narváez expedition to establish a colony in Florida. For eight years, he traveled with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, and Alonso del Castillo Maldonado across northern New Spain (present-day U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico). They finally reached Spanish forces in Mexico City in 1536. Later Estevanico served as the main guide for a return expedition to the Southwest. Spaniards believe that he was killed in the Zuni city of Hawikuh in 1539. (Wikipedia). Print of a drawing by Sam Patrick representing Estevanico (Estevan) (circa 1500-1539) one of the first native Africans to reach the continental United States. Photo label: Estevanico
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