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In 1513, When Ponce De Leon Stepped Ashore On A Beach Of What Is Now Florida, Spain Gained Its First Foothold In North America. For The Next Three Hundred Years, Spaniards Ranged Through The Continent Building Forts To Defend Strategic Places, Missions To Proselytize Indians, And Farms, Ranches, And Towns To Reconstruct A Familiar Iberian World. This Engagingly Written And Well-illustrated Book Presents An Up-to-date Overview Of The Spanish Colonial Period In North America. It Provides A Sweeping Account Not Only Of The Spaniards' Impact On The Lives, Institutions, And Environments Of The Native Peoples But Also Of The Effect Of Native North Americans On The Societies And Cultures Of The Spanish Settlers. With Apt Quotations And Colorful Detail, David J. Weber Evokes The Dramatic Era Of The First Spanish-indian Contact In North America, Describes The Establishment, Expansion, And Retraction Of The Spanish Frontier, And Recounts The Forging Of A Hispanic Empire That Ranged From Florida To California. Weber Refutes The Common Assumption That While The English And French Came To The New World To Settle Or Engage In Honest Trade, The Spaniards Came Simply To Plunder. The Spanish Missio

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Author

Weber, Professor David J.

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300059175

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities