Author: Robert Goodwin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632867249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book 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 largely forgotten Mexican allies went in search of glory and riches from Florida to California. Many died, few triumphed. Some were cruel, some were curious, some were kind. Missionaries and priests yearned to harvest Indian souls for God through baptism and Christian teaching. Theirs was a frontier world which Spain struggled to control in the face of Indian resistance and competition from France, Britain, and finally the United States. In the 1800s, Spain lost it all. Goodwin tells this history through the lives of the people who made it happen and the literature and art with which they celebrated their successes and mourned their failures. He weaves an epic tapestry from these intimate biographies of explorers and conquerors, like Columbus and Coronado, but also lesser known characters, like the powerful Gálvez family who gave invaluable and largely forgotten support to the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War; the great Pueblo leader Popay; and Esteban, the first documented African American. Like characters in a great play or a novel, Goodwin's protagonists walk the stage of history with heroism and brio and much tragedy.
América
Author: Robert Goodwin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632867249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book 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 largely forgotten Mexican allies went in search of glory and riches from Florida to California. Many died, few triumphed. Some were cruel, some were curious, some were kind. Missionaries and priests yearned to harvest Indian souls for God through baptism and Christian teaching. Theirs was a frontier world which Spain struggled to control in the face of Indian resistance and competition from France, Britain, and finally the United States. In the 1800s, Spain lost it all. Goodwin tells this history through the lives of the people who made it happen and the literature and art with which they celebrated their successes and mourned their failures. He weaves an epic tapestry from these intimate biographies of explorers and conquerors, like Columbus and Coronado, but also lesser known characters, like the powerful Gálvez family who gave invaluable and largely forgotten support to the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War; the great Pueblo leader Popay; and Esteban, the first documented African American. Like characters in a great play or a novel, Goodwin's protagonists walk the stage of history with heroism and brio and much tragedy.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632867249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book 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 largely forgotten Mexican allies went in search of glory and riches from Florida to California. Many died, few triumphed. Some were cruel, some were curious, some were kind. Missionaries and priests yearned to harvest Indian souls for God through baptism and Christian teaching. Theirs was a frontier world which Spain struggled to control in the face of Indian resistance and competition from France, Britain, and finally the United States. In the 1800s, Spain lost it all. Goodwin tells this history through the lives of the people who made it happen and the literature and art with which they celebrated their successes and mourned their failures. He weaves an epic tapestry from these intimate biographies of explorers and conquerors, like Columbus and Coronado, but also lesser known characters, like the powerful Gálvez family who gave invaluable and largely forgotten support to the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War; the great Pueblo leader Popay; and Esteban, the first documented African American. Like characters in a great play or a novel, Goodwin's protagonists walk the stage of history with heroism and brio and much tragedy.
The Spanish Frontier in North America
Author: David J. Weber
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300156219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Winner of the 1993 Western Heritage Award given by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, here is a definitive history of the Spanish colonial period in North America. Authoritative and colorful, the volume focuses on both the Spaniards' impact on Native Americans and the effect of North Americans on Spanish settlers. "Splendid".--New York Times Book Review.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300156219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Winner of the 1993 Western Heritage Award given by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, here is a definitive history of the Spanish colonial period in North America. Authoritative and colorful, the volume focuses on both the Spaniards' impact on Native Americans and the effect of North Americans on Spanish settlers. "Splendid".--New York Times Book Review.
La Florida
Author: Aleck Loker
Publisher: Aleck Loker
ISBN: 1928874207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Publisher: Aleck Loker
ISBN: 1928874207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Hernando de Soto
Author: Jeff C. Young
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781598451047
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
"Discusses the life of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, including his travels in the Americas, the claim of Florida for Spain, and his eventual discovery of the Mississippi River"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781598451047
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
"Discusses the life of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, including his travels in the Americas, the claim of Florida for Spain, and his eventual discovery of the Mississippi River"--Provided by publisher.
The Age of Exploration
Author: Susanna Keller
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN: 1508100322
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The story of the European discovery of North America does not end within fact it does not really even begin withChristopher Columbus. This engaging title tells the story of the explorers who became the first Europeans to visit the lands that would later become the United States of America. Readers will learn about the Spanish explorers of the Southwest and the Gulf Coast, the English and Dutch explorers of the Atlantic Coast, and the French explorers of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River. Theyll discover what the goals and motivations behind each expedition were, which native people the explorers encountered, and what sorts of obstacles had to be overcome for each expedition to succeed. A fascinating account of a formational period in American history.
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN: 1508100322
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The story of the European discovery of North America does not end within fact it does not really even begin withChristopher Columbus. This engaging title tells the story of the explorers who became the first Europeans to visit the lands that would later become the United States of America. Readers will learn about the Spanish explorers of the Southwest and the Gulf Coast, the English and Dutch explorers of the Atlantic Coast, and the French explorers of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River. Theyll discover what the goals and motivations behind each expedition were, which native people the explorers encountered, and what sorts of obstacles had to be overcome for each expedition to succeed. A fascinating account of a formational period in American history.
The European Discovery of America
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Emphasizes the discoveries and explorations of Columbus, Magellan and Drake during the period.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Emphasizes the discoveries and explorations of Columbus, Magellan and Drake during the period.
Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas
Author: Donald Eugene Chipman
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292712316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Provides biographical sketches of the men and women who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821, including profiles of religious figures, governors, pioneers, Indian agents, and army captains.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292712316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Provides biographical sketches of the men and women who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821, including profiles of religious figures, governors, pioneers, Indian agents, and army captains.
Transactions of the New England Agricultural Society
Author: New-England Agricultural Society (Founded 1864)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620
Author: David B. Quinn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781000963816
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781000963816
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explorers of the Americas
Author: Michael Sandler
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1450907458
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Find out about how explorers from Spain, England, and France claimed land for their countries in the Americas.
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1450907458
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Find out about how explorers from Spain, England, and France claimed land for their countries in the Americas.