Almost five hundred years ago an obscure Spanish sailor aboard the Pintaspotted the outlines of an unknown land rising above the western horizon. From that moment Spain embarked upon an age of discove
The Spanish approach to the occupation of eighteenth-century Texas embraced the triad of mission, presidio, and settlement. In founding communities, Franciscan missionaries sought to convert the nativ
For almost two centuries following Columbus's discovery of America, Spain held undisputed mastery in the Gulf of Mexico, an exclusive Spanish sea into which few foreigners dared venture. In 1682, tha
Robert Cavelier de La Salle: daring explorer, empire builder, shaper of historyand shameless schemer who abused his followers and deceived his king. InThe Wreck of the Belle, the Ruin of La Salle, acc
A vibrant account of the Spanish search for the French colony on the Texas coast (168589), Robert S. Weddle’sWilderness Manhunt is an indispensable source on Spain’s rediscovery” of the Gulf of Mexico
I believe that the translation and publication of these records will force modern chroniclers to reevaluate and surely revise traditional accounts of the sinking of the Aimable, the relative degree of
"Account of the Spanish expedition in 1759 to punish the Wichitas and allies for their massacre of San Saba Mission in present-day Menard County, Texas. It is based on the journal of one of the Spanis
Three centuries after the French explorer La Salle was murdered in the Texas wilds, this volume presents translations of three obscure documents that broaden the view of the man and his exploits. The
