John L. Kessell
2) Spain in the Southwest: a narrative history of colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California
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Physical Desc
xvii, 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Author
Physical Desc
xviii, 194 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Remembered today as an early cartographer and prolific religious artist, don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713?1785) engaged during his lifetime in a surprising array of other pursuits: engineer and militia captain on Indian campaigns, district officer, merchant, debt collector, metallurgist, luckless silver miner, presidial soldier, dam builder, and rancher. This long-overdue, richly illustrated biography recounts Miera?s complex life in cinematic...