Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690 - Hardcover

Chapa, Juan Bautista

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0292711883 ISBN 13: 9780292711884

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1997

Synopsis

Winner, Presidio La Bahía Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas

In 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 Historia de Nuevo León was not published until 1909, it has since been acclaimed as the key contemporary document for any historical study of Spanish colonial Texas.

This book offers the only accurate and annotated English translation of Chapa's Historia. In addition to the translation, William C. Foster also summarizes the Discourses 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 In the appendix, Foster includes a translation of Alonso (the younger) de León's previously unpublished revised diary of the 1690 expedition to East Texas and an alphabetical listing of over 80 Indian tribes identified in this book.

Chapa was also an authority on the local Indians, and his Historia 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.

About this title

About the Author:

An award-winning historian and fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, WILLIAM C. FOSTER is the author of Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768 and editor of Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690 by Juan Bautista Chapa.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0292711883
• ISBN 13: 9780292711884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247
• Editor: Foster William C.