San Juan Bautista : : Gateway to Spanish Texas / / Robert S. Weddle.
In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day sit...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1968 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
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| Summary: | In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico. Despite its significance as the main entry point into Spanish Texas during the colonial period, San Juan Bautista was generally forgotten until the first publication of this book in 1968. Weddle's narrative is a fascinating chronicle of the many religious, military, colonial, and commerical expeditions that passed through San Juan and a valuable addition to knowledge of the Spanish borderlands. It won the Texas Institute of Letters Amon G. Carter Award for Best Southwest History in 1969. |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780292758391 9783110745351 |
| DOI: | 10.7560/733060 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Robert S. Weddle. |