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1 online resource (1 volume) |
Series |
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; number forty-one |
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Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 41.
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Contents |
List of illustrations -- Sigla and archival location of the manuscripts -- Introduction -- Archival records and the exploration of Texas: The study of archival records of the colonial Southwest -- The earliest exploration of Texas -- General Alonso de León's five expeditions to Texas -- The expedition diaries -- Transcription of the Spanish manuscripts: Transcription methodology -- Manuscript 86-a -- Manuscript 87-a -- Manuscript 88-a -- Manuscript 89-b -- Manuscript 90-b -- Manuscript 90-d -- The English translations: Translation methodology -- English translation of manuscript 86-a -- English translation of manuscript 87-a -- English translation of manuscript 88-a -- English translation of manuscript 89-b -- English translation of manuscript 90-b -- English translation of manuscript 90-d -- Summary and conclusions |
Summary |
In the late seventeenth century, General Alonso de Le?n led five military expeditions from northern New Spain into what is now Texas in search of French intruders who had settled on lands claimed by the Spanish crown. Lola Orellano Norris has identified sixteen manuscript copies of de Le?n?s meticulously kept expedition diaries. These documents hold major importance for early Texas scholarship. Some of these early manuscripts have been known to historians, but never before have all sixteen manuscripts been studied. In this interdisciplinary study, Norris transcribes, translates, and analyzes the diaries from two different perspectives. The historical analysis reveals that frequent misinterpretations of the Spanish source documents have led to substantial factual errors that have persisted in historical interpretation for more than a century. General Alonso de Le?n?s Expeditions into Texas is the first presentation of these important early documents and provides new vistas on Spanish Texas |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Includes original Spanish texts and their translations into English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
León, Alonso de, approximately 1610-1661 -- Translations into English
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León, Alonso de, approximately 1610-1661 -- Manuscripts
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León, Alonso de, approximately 1610-1661 -- Travel -- Texas
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SUBJECT |
León, Alonso de, approximately 1610-1661 fast |
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Manuscripts, Mexican -- 17th century
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Explorers -- Texas -- Diaries
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History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Foreign Language Study / Spanish.
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History / Latin America / Mexico.
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Discoveries in geography
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Explorers
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Manuscripts, Mexican
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Travel
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SUBJECT |
Texas -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
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Texas -- Discovery and exploration -- Sources
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Subject |
Texas
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Diaries
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History
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Manuscripts
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Sources
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Translations
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Norris, Lola Orellano, 1957- translator, editor.
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ISBN |
1623495415 |
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9781623495411 |
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