The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: A Documentary History, Volume I, 1570-1700
by Thomas H. Naylor and Charles W. Polzer
University of Arizona Press, 1986
ISBNs
Cloth: 978-0-8165-0903-4
eISBN: 978-0-8165-4162-1 (OA)
About the Book
Reports, orders, journals, and letters of military officials trace frontier history through the Chicimeca War and Peace (1576-1606), early rebellions in the Sierra Madre (1601-1618), mid-century challenges and realignment (1640-1660), and northern rebellions and new presidios (1681-1695).
About the Author
The late Thomas H. Naylor was an editor for the Documentary Relations of the Southwest project. Charles W. Polzer, curator of ethnohistory, is the director of the Documentary Relations of the Southwest project at the Arizona State Museum.
Reviews
"Meets a fundamental need for those working in Spanish colonial history in the Southwest."—Southwest Review
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Tags
Wars, Documentary History, Spaniards, New Spain, To 1848, Militia, Northern Frontier, Presidio, Southwest (AZ NM OK TX), Sources, Indians of North America, Mexico, Latin America, State & Local, United States, History