The Spanish Borderlands Frontier, 1513-1821 Contributor(s): Bannon, John Frances (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826303099 ISBN-13: 9780826303097 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1974 Annotation: Spain's frontier movement in North America planted Hispanic civilization in much of the future United States beginning with Ponce de Leon's arrival in Florida in 1513. After describing the travels of the conquistador explorers, it continues through three centuries of mission, presidio, and town development in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. As the Anglo-American frontier pushed westward, the Spanish frontier was increasingly a defensive one, and here the clashes between the two are fully explained, as are international rivalries involving the English, French, and even Russian pressures that affected the frontier. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | North American |
Dewey: 979.1 |
LCCN: 74110887 |
Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.16" W x 9.25" (1.21 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
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Publisher Description: Spain's frontier movement in North America planted Hispanic civilization in much of the future United States beginning with Ponce de Leon's arrival in Florida in 1513. After describing the travels of the conquistador explorers, it continues through three centuries of mission, presidio, and town development in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. As the Anglo-American frontier pushed westward, the Spanish frontier was increasingly a defensive one, and here the clashes between the two are fully explained, as are international rivalries involving the English, French, and even Russian pressures that affected the frontier. |