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 FOR NORTHERN NEW SPAIN, 1724-1729: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF HIS FRONTIER INSPECTION AND THE REGLAMENTO DE 1729
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press, US
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816510709
• ISBN 13: 9780816510702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • State Histories

About this title

Synopsis

Philip V ordered an inspection of the presidios in the northern provinces which resulted in the reglamento of 1729. The study was capably done and documented by Pedro de Rivera Villalon. Includes Rivera’s report to the Viceroy of New Spain, the Reglamento of Havana , the inspection, Alvarez Barreiro’s map and descriptions. The documents are 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

About the Author

The late Thomas H. Naylor was an editor for the Documentary Relations of the Southwest project. Charles W. Polzer, curator of ethnohistory, is the director of the Documentary Relations of the Southwest project at the Arizona State Museum.