Juan Bautista De Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World, 1693-1740 (The Basque Series) - Hardcover

Garate, Donald T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874175054 ISBN 13: 9780874175059

Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr, 2003

Synopsis

The first biography of Juan Bautista de Anza, the eighteenth-century Basque immigrant who became a silver miner, cattle rancher, explorer of the West, and commander of the cavalry in Sonora, Mexico. For this comprehensive biography of Anza, Garate spent more than ten years researching archives in Spain and the Americas. The result is a striking and important account of the Spanish borderlands and the hardy, ambitious colonists who populated them.

The Basque Series

About this title

About the Author:

Donald T. Garate is deeply involved in research and preservation of Spanish history in both Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, and has brought attention to new material concerning the Basque influence in that history. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Basque Studies and the Journal of Arizona History. He is the chief of interpretation/historian at Tumacácori National Historical Park in Arizona.

Review:

"While biography has fallen out of favor somewhat with academic historians, in the hands of skilled practitioners it can be exciting and revealing, social history at its best. Such is the case with Garate's work on Juan Bautista de Anza."

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0874175054
• ISBN 13: 9780874175059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384