Spanish expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768
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Spanish expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768
University of Texas Press, 1995
1st ed
- pbk. : alk. paper
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Bibliography: p. 317-323
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Mapping old trails has a romantic allure at least as great as the difficulty involved in doing it. In this book, William Foster produces the first highly accurate maps of the eleven Spanish expeditions from northeastern Mexico into what is now East Texas during the years 1689 to 1768.
Foster draws upon the detailed diaries that each expedition kept of its route, cross-checking the journals among themselves and against previously unused eighteenth-century Spanish maps, modern detailed topographic maps, aerial photographs, and on-site inspections. From these sources emerges a clear picture of where the Spanish explorers actually passed through Texas.
This information, which corrects many previous misinterpretations, will be widely valuable. Old names of rivers and landforms will be of interest to geographers. Anthropologists and archaeologists will find new information on encounters with some 139 named Indian tribes. Botanists and zoologists will see changes in the distribution of flora and fauna with increasing European habitation, and climatologists will learn more about the "Little Ice Age" along the Rio Grande.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. In Search of La Salle: Governor Alonso de Leon's 1689 Expedition
3. A Mission for the Tejas: Governor Alonso de Leon's 1690 Expedition
4. San Antonio de Padua: Governor Domingo Teran de los Rios's Expedition, 1691-1692
5. To Resupply the Mission: Governor Gregorio de Salinas Varona's 1693 Expedition
6. New Road to the Colorado: The 1709 Expedition of Fray Isidro de Espinosa, Fray Antonio de Olivares, and Captain Pedro de Aguirre
7. In Quest of Commerce: Captain Domingo Ramon's 1716 Expedition with Espinosa and Saint-Denis
8. A Way Station at San Antonio: Governor Martin de Alarcon's 1718 Expedition
9. Back to the Bay: Governor Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo's 1721-1722 Expedition
10. The Presidios Reviewed: Brigadier Pedro de Rivera's 1727 Inspection Tour
11. The French Threat Fades: The Marques de Rubi's 1767 Inspection Tour
12. Review of the Zacatecan Missions in Texas: Fray Gaspar Jose de Solis's 1768 Inspection Tour
13. Conclusion
Appendixes
I. Wildlife Recorded on Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768
II. Trees, Shrubs, Bushes, Vines, Mosses, and Grasses Reported on Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768
III. Documented Epidemic Disease Episodes in Northeastern New Spain, 1577-1768
IV. Indian Tribes Reported on Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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