PEDRO DE RIVERA AND THE MILITARY REGULATIONS FOR NORTHERN NEW SPAIN, 1724-1729: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF HIS FRONTIER INSPECTION AND THE REGLAMENTO DE 1729

Thomas H. Naylor

ISBN 10: 0816510709 / ISBN 13: 9780816510702

Published by University of Arizona Press, US, 1989

About this Item

Signed/inscribed by editor, Charles W. Polzer. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean and square. Light rubbing to black square on front cover and spine. Binding is tight. Text block is clean with small spot at the bottom corner. No Dust Jacket. A nice, tight copy. Seller Inventory # 93304

Bibliographic Details

Title: PEDRO DE RIVERA AND THE MILITARY REGULATIONS...

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, US

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

George Willis Ritchey was the builder of the first large, successful American reflecting telescopes and worked closely with George Ellery Hale, the phenomenal fund raiser and organizer of observatories; Mount Wilson Observatory stands today as a monument to their collaboration. Osterbrock shows how the relationship of these men helped the United States take the lead in developing major astronomical facilities.

From the Inside Flap:

Documents relating to Rivera's inspection of New Spain's military frontier, presented in their original Spanish and in translation, provide a detailed background by which modern scholars can better assess the status and role of Spain's military outposts.