Author: Donald E. Chipman

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This is a booklet in the Fred Rider Cotton Popular History Series. Most books about Cabeza de Vaca concern his epic journey across Texas in the 16th century, but that is only half of his fascinating story. Between 1528 and 1536 de Vaca traveled an estimated 2,480 to 2,640 miles from the Texas Coast near Galveston Island to San Miguel de Culiacan near the Pacific Coat of Mexico. Later he served as the royal governor of Asunción, Paraguay. He led his party from the Brazilian coast inland to Asunción, about 1200 miles, also on foot.The book examines his extraordinary adventures on two continents and his remarkable growth as a humanitarian. Austin, Texas 2012 Texas State Historical Commission 1st Ed., 5 &1/2 x 8 &1/2, 70 Pgs., PB.

Author: Donald E. Chipman and Harriet Denise Joseph

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The authors in 1999 published a book titled Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas profiling legendary figures that discovered, explored and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821. Drawing from their earlier book they have taken the drama, real-life incidents, biographical sketches and historical background and adapted the language and subject matter for young adults appealing to their reading level and interests. The persons featured are Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, María de Agreda, Alonso de León, Domingo Terán de los Ríos, Louis St. Denis, Antonio Margil de Jesús, Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, Felipe de Rábago y Terán, José de Escandon, Athanase de Mézière, Domingo Cabello, Marqués de Rubí, Antonio Gil Ybarbo, Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and Joaquín de Arredondo. Also Women in Colonial Texas and Women and the Law. Illustrated by Jack Jackson, 5 maps. Excellent for adults as well. Austin, 2001, 1st Ed., 258 Pgs. PB.

Author: Donald C. Chipman, et al

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With Harriet Denise Joseph. By combining dramatic real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background, The authors bring to life fifteen men from Spanish Texas with a chapter devoted to women. Includes men such as ALvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alonso de Leon, St. Denis, Pedro de Rivera, Jose de Escandon, Antonio Gil Ibarvo, Domingo Cabello, Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara, and Joaquin de Arredondo. Illustrated. Austin, 1999 University of Texas Press, 1st Ed, On Demand Reprint, 6 x 9, 359 Pgs., PB. $ 35.00

Author: Inga Clendinnen

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A detailed view of Maya and Spanish relations in the sixteenth century. People on both side were changed, even transformed (when they were not destroyed) but the author shows that in fundamental perceptions and boundaries, they remained true to their past. New but has remainder mark on book bottom. New York, 2005 Cambridge University Press 2nd Ed., 4th Pr., 245 Pgs., PB.

Author: R. Douglas Cope

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Challenges traditional view of Castas (members of the caste system created by Spanish overlords) as rootless, alienated, and dominated by a desire to improve their racial status. The author states to the contrary that members of castas were neither passive or ruled by feelings of racial inferiority and manipulated their social "superiors" through astute use of the legal system. Includes the most thorough account yet published of the Mexico City riot of 1692. Madison, WI, 1994, 1st Ed., PB, 220 Pgs.

Author: Aida R. Caro Costas

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El Juicio de Residencia, A Trial by Residence, was a procedure in Castilian Law and the Laws of the Indies whereby a public Official in the New World, on completing his term of office, had to undergo an audit reviewing his performance. Person who had grievances against him were afforded a hearing so they could register their complaints. This procedure did not imply misconduct but was considered an essential part of a good managemnt review since officials operated so far away from Spain. This book covers the procedure in Puerto Rico in the 18th century. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1978 Instituto de Cultura Puertoriqueña 1st Ed., SPANISH TEXT.6 &1/4 x 8&1/2 232 Pgs., HB.

Author: Cyclone Covey, Ed.

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Translated by the editor. The narrative of the first European to cross the North American continent. This book is his odyssey, first written in 1542 as an official report to the King of Spain under the title La Relación. Besides being a great adventure story de Vaca's account is an unparalleled source of firsthand information on the pre-European Southwest. Epilogue by William T. Pilkington. Albuquerque, NM 2001 University of New Mexico Press 1983, 11th Pr, 5 &1/2 x 8, 160 Pgs., PB.

Author: Ben Cuellar Ximenes

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A special reprint LIMITED EDITION of this classic work, first published in 1964 by the Naylor Company. This historical work is unique for Hispanic genealogists because of the author's notes to each chapter wherein he details names of pioneer missionaries, founding families, soldiers under the command of various captains, commandants, and expedition leaders, and others. The chapter notes also include a profusion of interesting ancillary information and annotations. Lesser known tales are recounted here of the dramatic and bloody struggles Spanish pioneers experienced with the fierce Chichimeca Indian tribes of Northern Mexico. Masterful and well researched work. San Antonio, 1999, Limited Edition Reprint, signed by the author. 232 Pgs., HB.

Author: Light Townsend Cummins

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Spain's role in the American Revolution has been largely ignored by historians in the U.S. Focuses on mobilization by the Captain General of Cuba and the Governor of Louisiana of a network of monitors who observed the revolt. Baton Rouge, 1991. 1st Ed. HB, 229 Pgs.

Author: Linda A. Curcio-Nagy

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A work of cultural history describing the festivals that were characteristic of life in the capital. There were more than one hundred religious and civil celebrations in a year, the largest sponsored by the authorities as crucial means to embody political and social concepts. The first festivals were initiated immediately after the conquest of the Aztec capital. Illustrated. Albuquerque, NM 2004 University of New Mexico Press 1st Ed., 222 Pgs., 6 x 9, Trade PB.

Author: Charles R. Cutter

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Spain's colonial rule rested on a judicial system that resolved conflicts and meted out justice. To describe how this legal order was imposed throughout the New World Cutter draws on over six hundred civil and criminal cases to recreate the procedural and ethical workings of the law in two of Spain's remote colonies, New Mexico and Texas in the eighteenth Century. By examining colonial legal culture Cutter reveals the attitudes of settlers, their notions of right and wrong, and how they fixed a boundary between proper and improper actions. Cutter also challenges the traditional view that the legal system was corrupt and irrelevant to the mass of society, and that local judicial officials were uninformed and inept. His conclusions are that even in peripheral areas the lowest level officials- The Alcalde or town magistrate- had a greater impact on daily life and a keener understanding of the law than previously acknowledged by historians. Albuquerque, 2001 1st PB Ed., 225 Pgs, PB.

Author: Donald Cutter and Iris Engstrand

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History comes alive in this unique look at the interaction between native peoples and the first Europeans who settled in Southwestern United States. Golden, CO, 1996, 1st Ed. HB, 360 Pgs.