The Spanish borderlands frontier, 1513-1821

Bannon, John Francis 1905-1986 (Author).

Summary: A history of the Spanish borderlands in North America describes the travels of the conquistador explorers, continuing through three centuries of mission, presidio, and town development in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California; explaining the increasing clashes with the Anglo-American frontier, including the international rivalries involving the English, French, and even Russian pressures that affected the frontier.

Record details

ISBN: 0826303099
ISBN: 9780826303097
Physical Description: print
x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1974, 1976 printing.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-287) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Spanish borderlands, another kind of frontier -- Conquistador explorers, 1513-1543 -- First settlements in the borderlands -- First steps on the long road to Califorinia, 1591-1711 -- Far northern frontier in danger, 1680-1700 -- Borderlands become international -- Texas, a defensive borderland, 1685-1731 -- Borderland irritants: the French and the Indians, 1700-1763 -- On to California, the last borderland, 1711-1784 -- Borderland reorganization: the provincias internas -- Luisiana, a quasi-borderland, 1762-1800 -- Spain's last years in the borderlands, 1783-1821 -- Borderlands in North American history.