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Item #27981
25 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL: Lessons From a School Counselor
Author: Michelle Farias
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We feature this book along with our genealogy offerings for its timely and vital guide to a healthly family life. As genealogists we value the lessons taught by our parents recognizing that their teachers were generations of ancestors who taught effectively many of the principles outlined in this book. Yet today our young generations are beset by many peer pressures and temptations.These lessons are derived from the author's 20 plus years experience working with children and parents. Parents are provided with information, tools and resources on 25 important topics including learning difficulties; behavior challenges; peer pressure; drug and alcohol abuse; technology influences; bullying; healthy relationships; higher education and career planning; the importance of family relationships; adolescent mental health; gangs; eating disorders; and a host of other issues that can impact a child's ability to stay healthy, be safe and find success. Michelle Farias, M.A. L.P.C. is a certified school counselor and has spent the last 12 years serving as a school counselor in several school districts in Texas. Multiple copies of the book are available at a discount but must be ordered offline. Two (2) books are $ 16.50 each, three (3) books are $ 15.50 each, four or more are $ 14.50 each. For more information log on to www.succeedinschool.com. Victoria, BC, Canada 2005 1st Ed., 176 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1147
THE FARIAS CHRONICLES, A History and Genealogy of a Portuguese/Spanish Family
Author: George Farías
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Illustrated by Jack Jackson. Winner, 1995 Documentation Award by the Webb County Heritage Foundation. A family history in two parts combining history, genealogy and brief memoirs of the author. The first part " The Ancient Family" describes the origin of the name, and the five root branches originating in Portugal. Included are Portugal's heroic defenders, Nuno Goncalves de Faria and his son Goncalo Nunes; Pedro de Faria, Governor of Malacca and his relative, the merchant-pirate Antonio de Faria, a swashbuckling adventurer who lived a fascinating life and died in a tragic treasure raid on ancient Chinese royal tombs. This part concludes with notes on other family members who have some claim to fame.
In the second part titled, "The Modern Family" the author's branch is described dating back to 1777 when his earliest known ancestor, Jose Antonio Farías, appears at Presidio del Rio Grande de San Juan Bautista, now Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico. Jose Antonio's wife was Catarina Rodríguez and they are known to have had three sons and a daughter. One son, Jose Andres Farías, came to Laredo on the Rio Grande about 1798 to command the Spanish colonial garrison there as a member of the Third Flying Cavalry Company of Nuevo Santander. His marriage to Guadalupe Sanchez, a granddaughter of Tomas Sanchez, the founder of Laredo, marked the beginning of the Farias family in this future border city. A Chapter is included on the Martínez clan, the author's maternal line, with descent from Teniente de Capitan Miguel Martínez, one of the founders of Revilla (Ciudad Guerrero) Tamaulipas. Other related lines are Benavides, Fernández, Almazán, Marulanda, de las Fuentes, Gutiérrez, Salinas, and de la Peña.
Jose Andres Farias became mayor of Laredo, was commended by Simon Herrera for his military leadership against the insurgents in the Mexican War for Independence, and later commended also by Joaquin de Arredondo when he led the Royalist volunteers from Laredo to the Battle of Medina near San Antonio which crushed the army of the First Texas Revolution. Many of Jose Andres' descendants served as military officers and public officials. Along with others who were ranchers and merchants, they helped forge the great state of Texas out of a wild, primitive, and sometimes lawless frontier.
Diane Reid Elliott of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville wrote in the April 1997, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, "What a delightful surprise to open a book such as this, expecting to find a detailed genealogy meaningful only to a particular family, and to discover instead tales of castles, pirates, adventures in the South China sea and the Texas frontier, along with names like Vasco Da Gama, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Ricardo Montalban and Federico Peña.... This makes for interesting reading for anyone intrigued by the history of Portugal or the Mexican-American borderlands as well as members of the family." Limited 1st Ed. signed by the author. 12 Jackson Illus/Maps. Edinburg, Tx, 1995 , 8 pgs CP, 32 B&W, HB, 298 Pgs.,
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Item #28091
PATTON: ORDEAL AND TRIUMPH
Author: Ladilas Farrago
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The whole, and perhaps best, account of one of the boldest commanders ever to wear an American uniform. This books answers many questions. Could the war in Europe have been won in the fall of 1944? Why was the Third Army stopped when it was about to force the Nazi surrender? Why was Patton relieved of his command? Who forced his troops into a near suicide landing in Sicliy? What was the truth behind the slapping incident? Discloses the incredible part of history which Patton so significantly shaped.Very good. Owner's name in ink on inside cover. New York 1965 1st Dell Publishing Co. printing, 831 Pgs., Mass Market PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6925
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF SAN ANTONIO
Author: Frank S. Faulkner, Jr.
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A journey through still photography of a unique American city compiled with text and captions by Faulkner the director of the Texana/Genealogy section of the San Antonio Public Library. Beginning with the Civil War and continuing through Hemisfair 68 this nostalgic course follows life, government, education and events that shaped the city's history during those times. The photos are black and white and evoke the historic events and everyday life of people working together to build a highly distinctive multicultural and convivial community. Nashville, TN 2007 Turner Publishing Company, 1st Ed., 10 x 10, 206 Pgs., HB | |  GENERAL GENEALOGY
Item #24170
THE LAST DAYS OF BRITISH SAINT AUGUSTINE, 1784-1785
Author: Lawrence H. Feldman
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In 1763 East Florida was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, but returned to Spain in 1783. The manuscripts copied here represent some of the first acts of the incoming Spanish administration, a survey and census of San Augustine and its dependent territories. Baltimore, 2003 Clearfield Company Inc. Reprint, 116 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2. PB | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2006
LOST SHORES, FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, Spanish Explorations of the South East Maya Lowlands
Author: Lawrence H. Feldman, Ed. Transl.
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Long after the Aztecs and The Incas had necome a fading memory, a Maya civilization still thrived in the interior of Central America. This book is the first collection and translation of important seventeenth-century narratives about Eurpoeans traveling across the great " Ocean Sea" and encouontering a people who had maintained an independent existence in the lowlands of Guatemala and Belize. In these documents written bu missioanaries and Cconquistadors, details of these little-known Maya cultures are revealed answering how and why lowlanders were able to evade Spanish conquest while similar civilizations could not. New-but has small remainder mark on page bottoms. Durham, NC, 2000 Duke University Press 1st Ed., 269 Pgs., 6 x 9&1/4, PB. Published at $ 21.95. | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #28141
ALMOST A MIRACLE, The American Victory in the War for Independence
Author: John Ferling
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In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal and fierce dedication. Ferling demonstrates that it was a war that America came closer to losing than is usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said the American victory was 'Little short of a standing miracle." Illustrated. New York, 2007 Oxford University Press, Book Club Edition, 679 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #2110
THE ACCOUNT: ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA'S RELACION
Author: Edtd. & Transl. by Jose Fernandez and Martin Favata
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De Vaca's chronicle of his amazing journey from 1528-1536, first published in Zamora, Spain in 1542. Houston, 1993, 1st Ed., PB 180 Pgs. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5045
APUNTES PARA LA HISTORIA DE SAN ANGEL Y SUS ALREDEDORES, Tradiciones, Historia y Leyendas
Author: Francisco Fernandez del Castillo
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The San Angel neighborhood lies southeast of Mexico City. It is the site of the Carmelite College founded in the 17th century. The favorable climate, abundance of water, and rich soil encouraged a once-famous orchard, establishment oftextile and finishing mills, and fine country estates inhabited by the wealthy citizens of Mecio City. It has retained its old world charm with cobblstones and small romantic plazas. In July festivities honor their patron saint, Our Lady del Carmen. Diego Rivera had his studio here. B&W photos. Mexico City, 1987 Editorial Porrua, 2nd Ed., Spanish Text, 6&3/4 x 8&3/4, 253 Pgs., HB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1954
AMERIGO, The Man Who Gave His Name to America
Author: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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in 1507 European cartographers struggled to name the newly found lands of the Western Hemisphere. They settled on America, after Amerigo Vespucci, an obscure Florentine explorer. He was a contemporary, confidant, and rival of Columbus. He was a man of genuine achievement and chronicler of discovery. He had a legendery ablity to sell himself, that no doubt paid off in having a new continent named for him. New York, N.Y. 2007 Randon House Book Club Ed. 5 &1/2 x 8&1/2, 231 Pgs., HB | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4052
DICCIONARIO DE HISTORIA DE ESPANA
Author: Carlos Ferrera Cuesta
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IMPORT FROM SPAIN. A small concise dictionary of Spanish history. Comntains more than a thousand entries from Prehistoric times to contemporary history. Has historical periods, institutions, political movements, biographies, etc. Madrid, 2005 Alianza Editorial 1st Ed., SPANISH TEXT, 4&1/4 X 6&3/4, 552 PGs., PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7041
MEMOIRS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN TEXAS, MEXICO CITY, VOL I, 1848
Author: Don Vicente Filisola
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Filisola's title was " Division General and the Present President of the Supreme Tribunal of War and the Navy of the Republic." He was an Italian by birth and was second in command to General Santa Anna in his campaign to subdue the Texas colonists in 1836. After the battle of San Jacinto he disobeyed Santa Anna's orders to withdraw his army to San Antonio. Filisola was charged in Mexico as a traitor and a portion of the Memoirs are a " defense of his honor." Austin, Texas 1985 Eakin Press, 1st Ed., 226 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2, Trade PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1969
TREASURES OF THE SPANISH MAIN, Shipwrecked Galleons in the New World
Author: John Christopher Fine
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A story about the lust for gold and treasure and the Spanish galleons that dominated the oceans in the 1600s and 1700s. The seaway between Spain and the New World was dubbed "The Golden Highway." On their journey back across the seas, laden with incredible loads of gold, silver and other treasure, many of the ships were wrecked on reefs or destroyed in hurricanes. Described are the 1622 fleet, The Concepción, The Maravillas, the shipwreck off Jupiter Beach, The San Jose, and the 1715 and 1733 fleets. Recounts activities of treasure hunters from Mel Fisher to Bob Weller. Text and photographs are both by the author. Guilford, CT 2006 The Lyons Press 1st Ed., 184 Pgs., 8 1/2 x 11. HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #986
MARRIAGES 1854 TO 1916 OF THE GRAYTOWN CHURCH: La Capilla de Santiago (1854-1877) and Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (1877-1916) Located at Graytown ( Present-Day Wilson County, Texas)
Author: Doris Fischer, et al
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Compiled in collaboration with Larry Kirkpatrick. Contains brief history of the village of Graytown and the area, biography of long-time pastor Rev. Emilio Chapolard, and a list of priests at Graytown in order of Baptismal entries.. Contains over 1200 marriages extracted. San Antonio, 2004 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 220 Pgs including index. 9 &1/2 x 11. PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #7031
ZAPATA COUNTY ROOTS REVISITED
Author: Jean Y. Fish
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AVAILABLE AGAIN When The author moved to Zapata, Texas in 1970 she attempted to learn the history of the area but found that little had been written. Under her leadership as chairman of the Zapata County Historical Commission, the Commission embarked on a program to preserve the history of the county by erecting historical markers. Ms. Fish wrote the histories necessary to accompany the marker applications and this book is a summary of her work. The book includes various early censuses particularly of founding families and brief histories of Bustamante, Old Falcón, Old Lopeño, Ramireño, San Ignacio Zapata. An excellent compact but comprehensive overview of history and families. This new edition includes six pages of B&W photos. San Antonio, 2004 Borderlands Press 2nd Ed., 6 x 9, PB. Published at $ 20.00. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7019
ALAMO TO ESPADA, A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Spanish Missions
Author: Lewis F. Fisher
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The author uses 150 scarce vintage postcards to document the dramatic transformation and far-reaching impact of the five Spanish missions of San Antonio, a local and national treasure. One chapter vividly illustrates how the Alamo has been remembered and another displays the missions'architectural legacy. San Antonio,Texas, Maverick Publishing Company 1st Ed., 87 Pgs.,7 x 10, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7017
SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORIC PLAZAS, PARKS AND RIVER WALK, In Vintage Postcard Images
Author: Lewis F. Fisher
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San Antonio enjoys a broad variety of historic public places including one of the world's most renowned liner parks, The River Walk. Here in 165 vintage postcard images are displayed Military Plaza, Main Plaza, Brackenridge Park, the Reptile Gardens, The River Walk and more. San Antonio, Texas 2003 Maverick Publishing Company 1st Ed.,92 Pgs., 7 x 10, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7020
C.H.GUENTHER AND SON AT 150 YEARS
Author: Lewis F. Fisher
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A century and a half in the food products business has left San Antonio-based C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. with not only a written record of its trials and triumphs but with a considerable visual legacy as well. Nearly 150 illustrations in this book help document the growth of this venerable company from the days of water wheeels and mill ponds to the latest computerized operations, with plenty of stops along the way for country fairs, family reunions and parades. San Antonio, Texas 2001 Maverick Publishing Company 1st Ed., 111 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #24424
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: THE FIRST SEVENTY FIVE YEARS, 1911-1986
Author: Lewis F. Fisher
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Relates the various internal and external forces which have caused the San Antonio, Texas church to grow from a mission of St. Mark's into the largest church in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, with more than 2,700 communicants in its anniversary year. In addition the book reflects a broader history with many interesting tales and anecdotes. Illustrated with many b&w photos. VF/VGDJ-Slight chip bottom dj.San Antonio, Christ Episcopal Church 1st Ed., 206 Pgs.,6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7018
EYE'S RIGHT, A Vintage Postcard Profile of San Antonio's Military
Author: Lewis F. Fisher
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San Antonio has been called the Mother-in-Law of the Army and known similarly to the Air Force. Tens of thousands of soldiers and airmen served tours of duty at San Antonio's major bases. Many postcards were mailed to folks back home and are now collectors' items. this book organizes 200 of them in sequence including the Army's chase of Pancho Villa along the Mexican border. San Antonio, Texas, 2000 Maverick Publishing Company 1st Ed., 101 Pgs.,7 x 10, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6098
CROWN JEWEL OF TEXAS, The Story of San Antonio's River
Author: Lewis W. Fisher
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In the early 1800's a writer suggested that if the banks of the San Antonio River were landscaped and made attractive it could become "The Crown Jewel of Texas. " He was prophetic because to day the river is the top tourist attraction in Texas and a model for other cities. The author weaves a compelling story of years of struggle by many San Antonians to preserve this historic waterway. San Antonio, 1997, 1st Ed., HB, 115 Pgs. 8 1/2 by 10. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6094
SAN ANTONIO, Outpost of Empires
Author: Lewis W. Fisher
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The third offering by Mr. Fisher on San Antonio history in which he notes that it is a book about an American city that fits no mold. A black and white photographic essay with text, with some color photos. Portrays a colorful history over three centuries where heroes lived and died, and the systematic preservation of a dynamic oasis which has seen a procession of persons of many cultures blended into a dynamic modern community. San Antonio, 1997, 1st Ed. 101 Pgs., HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24577
ROSITA'S BRIDGE
Author: Mary McMillan Fisher
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Illustrated by Barbara Mathews Whitehead. Carla Maria is chosen to present flowers to her grandmother, singer Rosita Fernandez, when a stone bridge over the San Antonio River to a stage where Rosita often performed is named Rosita's Bridge. In this true story, she finds out why Rosita's bridge is called not just a bridge across a river, but a bridge between cultures. Carl Maria also discovers the appeal of San Antonio's River Walk, which makes the setting of this story known around the world. San Antonio, Texas 2001 Maverick Publishing Company, 1st ED., 32 Pgs., 11 &1/4 x 8&3/4, HB. | |  MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA
Item #5065
BREVE HISTORIA DE ZACATECAS
Author: Jesús Flores Olague
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With Mercedes de Vega, Dandra Kuntz Ficker, and Laura del Alizal. A brief history of the Mexican State of Zacatecas from earliest to modern times. Some maps and a year by year chronology. Mexico City, 1997 2nd Printing, SPTXT, 231 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1991
SAVE THE YOUNG, The 1691 Expedition of Captain Martinez to Rescue the Last Survivors of the Massacre at Fort St. Louis, Texas
Author: William C. Foster
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Cover illustration by Jack Jackson, Austin, Texas. This booklet was prepared in conjunction with the Museum of the Coastal Bend in Victoria, Texas. The 1691 diary which includes the Spanish original as well as an English translation by Ned Brierly, is significant for it completes the account of the earlier 1690 rescue of the first three French children translated into English by Herbert E. Bolton nearly 90 years ago. It brings to light the official documentary of how the other two French children were saved first by Karankawa women and later by Spanish soldiers. The Martinez diary also confirms that there was another young French Girl who survived but stayed with the Indians. In addition the book narrates some of the exploits of Captain Francisco Martinez who was second in command and French Interpreter for Alonso De León on two expeditions and later with the Terán de los Rios expedition. He was also second in command at Pensacola when the French first arrived, yet very little is known about his genealogy and background. As Foster notes " a comprehensive study of the life and service of the author of our diary, Francisco Martinez, has yet to be written." Corpus Christi, TX Privately Printed 2004 1st Ed., 52Pgs. PB | |  OTHER EARLY AMERICANA
Item #24391
THE LA SALLE EXPEDITION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Author: William C. Foster, Editor
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Subtitled "A Lost Manuscript of Nicholas de La Salle." Translated by Johanna S. Warren. This previously unknown manuscript by Nicholas La Salle(no relation to the explorer) was discovered in the rare book section in the Texas State Archives. La Salle's successful journey in 1682 down the Mississippi culminated in internationally recognized French claims over the river and lands known as the Louisiana Territory. This diary provides the most complete and authoritative account of this historic North American adventure and territorial claim. Austin, TX, 2003 Texas State Historical Association 1st Ed., 175 Pgs., 7&1/4 x 10& 1/4, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7064
FROM SAIL TO STEAM, Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History
Author: Richard V. Francaviglia
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Maritime history in Texas is largely an untold story. The author offers a highly readable overview of the first four centuries of both merchant and military maritime history. Includes the account of the ill-fated Spanish flotilla that wrecked off Padre Island in 1554 and the sinking of the Belle, LaSalle's ship in 1687. Illustrated with maps, prints and b&w photos. Austin, 1998 University of Texas Press 1st Ed., 324 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Item #24593
BERNARD OF SCOTLAND YARD
Author: Berniece Freschett
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Pictures by Gina Freschet. An enterprising Bostonian mouse assists his cousin, a Scotland Yard inspector, in apprehending a gang of jewel thieves. VF. Columbus, OH, 1978 Weekly Reader Books,1st Ed., unpaginated, Pictorial cover., 7&1/4 x 9&1/4, HB. | |  MILITARY HISTORY
Item #97238
MIDWAY, The Battle that Doomed Japan
Author: Mitsuo Fuchida et al
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With Masatake Okumiya, both of the Japanese Imperial Navy. On June 4,1942, Admiral Yamamoto launched his attack on Midway with the largest fleet yet assembled in the Pacific. His strike force included 350 ships and over 100,000 men. His objective: to smash the U.S. Aircraft carriers based at Midway and break the Navy's power in World War II. Now for the first time Japanese officers open sealed archives to tell the authoritative, dramatic story of what really happened at Midway. VG-Last 8 pages partially split but intact. New York. N.Y., 1968 Ballantine Books 3rd Pr. 222 Pgs., Mass Market Paperback. | | RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #145
LOS CONQUISTADORES DEL RIO DE LA PLATA
Author: R. de la Fuente Machain
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This a collection of biographies of the soldiers involved in the Conquest of The Rio de la Plata, today's Argentina, who came with the first four Adelantados (Governors/Captain Generals) between the years 1535 and 1580. It is in the form of a biographical dictionary but is an original work taken from many documents and archival sources. In good condition although the paper is coarse grade that has stood well over time. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1943, 1st Ed. SPTXT, 700 Pgs. 5 & 1/2 x 7 & ¾ size, HB. Shipping $4.75($2.75 Reg. +$2.00 xtra) | |
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