Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• One. Alvar NÚÑez Cabeza de Vaca
• Two. Alonso de LeÓn
• Three. Francisco Hidalgo/Louis Juchereau de St. Denis
• Four. Antonio Margil de JesÚs
• Five. MarquÉs de San Miguel de Aguayo/ Pedro de Rivera y VillalÓn
• Six. Felipe de RÁbago y TerÁn
• Seven. JosÉ de EscandÓn y Elguera
• Eight. Athanase de MÉziÈres
• Nine. MarquÉs de RubÍ/Antonio Gil Ibarvo
• Ten. Domingo Cabello y Robles
• Eleven. JosÉ Bernardo GutiÉrrez de Lara/ JoaquÍn de Arredondo
• Twelve. Colonial Women
• Afterword
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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Reveals the real human beings behind the legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas

About the Author

Donald E. Chipman is Professor of History at the University of North Texas in Denton. Harriett Denise Joseph is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville in partnership with Texas Southmost College.

Reviews

"In my knowledge of Spanish Texas and the Spanish Borderlands, there is no other work that covers the topic of this book... No other book is so comprehensive and deals with so many personalities in one place." Oakah L. Jones, Historian and Professor Emeritus, Purdue University