América : the epic story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898 /

An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of Spain: The Centre of the World. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus's great voyage of discov...

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Main Author: Goodwin, Robert, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2019]
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505 0 |a "War of blood and fire" : Puerto Rico -- Realms of gold : Mexico -- Fountain of eternal youth : La Florida -- Amazon women & Californian dreams : Baja California -- "Naked and barefoot" : the continent crossed -- The seven cities of Cíbola : New Mexico -- An Inca's tale, La Florida : the deep south -- "Hang all the Lutherans" : the Atlantic Coast -- Poetry & conquest : New Mexico -- God & government : New Mexico -- Po'pay's Pueblo revolt : New Mexico -- Manhunt beyond the Rio Grande : Texas -- Padre Kino, the Jesuit southwest : Arizona -- Love & the Comanche Dawn : Texas -- Los Anza & the Apaches : el Gran Norte -- Los Gálvez & el Gran Norte : California & Sonora -- Junípero Serra, paradise gained : California -- Hard road to paradise : Arizona & California -- Half a continent is Spanish : Louisiana & Alaska -- The governors : Louisiana & New Mexico -- "Gálvez, Spanish hero of the American Revolution" : the deep south -- Apogee & disaster : Canada & Spain -- Mexican independence : New Spain & México -- Nemesis, Andrew Jackson : Florida -- The Alamo & San Jacinto : Texas -- The Mexican-American War : México -- Epilogue: Puerto Rico, 1898. 
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