{"product_id":"texas-and-northeastern-mexico-1630-1690-juan-bautista-chapa-9780292717954","title":"Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn English translation of Chapa's Historia de Nuevo Le, the first history of the region that eventually became Texas and northeastern Mexico. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner, Presidio La Bah僘 Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas\u003cp\u003eIn the seventeenth century, South Texas and Northeastern Mexico formed El Nuevo Reino de Le, a frontier province of New Spain. In 1690, Juan Bautista Chapa penned a richly detailed history of Nuevo Le for the years 1630 to 1690. Although his \u003ci\u003eHistoria de Nuevo Le \u003c\/i\u003ewas not published until 1909, it has since been acclaimed as the key contemporary document for any historical study of Spanish colonial Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the only accurate and annotated English translation of Chapa's \u003ci\u003eHistoria\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to the translation, William C. Foster also summarizes the \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e of Alonso de Le (the elder), which cover the years 1580 to 1649. In the appendix, Foster includes a translation of Alonso (the younger) de Le's previously unpublished revised diary of the 1690 expedition to East Texas and an alphabetical listing of over 80 Indian tribes identified in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapa was also an authority on the local Indians, and his \u003ci\u003eHistoria\u003c\/i\u003e lists the names and locations of over 300 Indian tribes. This information, together with descriptions of the vegetation, wildlife, and climate in seventeenth-century Texas, make this book essential reading for ethnographers, anthropologists, and biogeographers, as well as students and scholars of Spanish borderlands history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juan Bautista Chapa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292717954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292717954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Juan Bautista Chapa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048278749439,"sku":"9780292717954","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52bcaa34-7fe9-44a9-9023-276214e39b28.jpg?v=1684994901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/texas-and-northeastern-mexico-1630-1690-juan-bautista-chapa-9780292717954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}