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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of Spain: The Centre of the World. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus's great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he claimed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Spain. For the next three hundred years, thousands of proud Spanish conquistadors and their...
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
c1968
Language
English
Description
This book surveys New Mexico history from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Reforms and new legislation from Spain worked changes in all areas of political administration in New Mexico during it last fifty years as a province of Spain.
Author
Series
Leatherstocking tales volume 2
Language
English
Description
Contains the five novels which feature Natty Bumppo and his adventures on the westward-moving American frontier
Author
Series
Library of America volume 053
Language
English
Description
Contains "The Oregon Trail," a collection of essays that first appeared in the "Knickerbocker Magazine," discussing Parkman's trip to Oregon in 1846, and "The Conspiracy of Pontiac," relating Ottawa leader Pontiac's attacks on British forts and settlements in the 1760s.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The lives, legends, and epic events that made the American West a world-renowned symbol of true grit are showcased in this gorgeous volume featuring the Gold Rush, the Indian Wars, cowboys, outlaws, and more. From the first wagon trains to the building of the railroads, the story of the American West is epic in scope, full of amazing stories of grit, tragedy, and triumph. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps, this is the definitive history...