By Force of Arms: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, 1691-1693 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826313577)

Vendor: John L. Kessell
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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By Force of Arms: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, 1691-1693

$85.00

By Force of Arms: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, 1691-1693

$85.00
Format: Hardcover
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The first in a five-volume collection of diaries kept by Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras, the 25th Spanish Governor of the Santa Fe de Nuevo México territory of New Spain, and leader of La Reconquista following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

This modern English translation makes accessible a vital primary source from the Spanish Colonial Period from a pivotal character in the history of New Spain.

Author: John L. Kessell
ISBN-10: 0826313574
ISBN-13: 9780826313577
Publisher: Unm Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1992
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.96lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.57w x 2.12d
By John L. Kessell
By John L. Kessell
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John L. Kessell, a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author or editor of many books, including Remote Beyond Compare: Letters of don Diego de Vargas to His Family from New Spain to New Mexico, 1675-1706 (UNM Press).

Rick Hendricks served as the New Mexico State Historian from 2010 through 2019. His books include The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil; The Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's Campaign Journal; Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico; and Pueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas.

Meredith D. Dodge, an independent historian, has devoted nearly two decades compiling, translating, and editing the Vargas papers along with John Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Larry D. Miller.

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