{"product_id":"texas-and-northeastern-mexico-1630-1690-paperback","title":"Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Bautista Chapa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn English translation of Chapa's Historia de Nuevo León, the first history of the region that eventually became Texas and northeastern Mexico. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner, Presidio La Bahía Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas \u003cp\u003eIn the seventeenth century, South Texas and Northeastern Mexico formed El Nuevo Reino de León, a frontier province of New Spain. In 1690, Juan Bautista Chapa penned a richly detailed history of Nuevo León for the years 1630 to 1690. Although his \u003ci\u003eHistoria de Nuevo León\u003c\/i\u003e was not published until 1909, it has since been acclaimed as the key contemporary document for any historical study of Spanish colonial Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book offers the only accurate and annotated English translation of Chapa's \u003ci\u003eHistoria\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to the translation, William C. Foster also summarizes the \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e of Alonso de León (the elder), which cover the years 1580 to 1649. In the appendix, Foster includes a translation of Alonso (the younger) de León's previously unpublished revised diary of the 1690 expedition to East Texas and an alphabetical listing of over 80 Indian tribes identified in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapa was also an authority on the local Indians, and his \u003ci\u003eHistoria\u003c\/i\u003e lists the names and locations of over 300 Indian tribes. This information, together with descriptions of the vegetation, wildlife, and climate in seventeenth-century Texas, make this book essential reading for ethnographers, anthropologists, and biogeographers, as well as students and scholars of Spanish borderlands history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Foster is a partner in the law firm of Patton Boggs, L.L.P., in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 247\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45307937063014,"sku":"9780292717954","price":36.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Y0NhS0hITmREcVp0SjcvbW5QZkdsUT09.webp?v=1774147833","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/texas-and-northeastern-mexico-1630-1690-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}