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

Garate, Donald T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874176263 ISBN 13: 9780874176261

Publisher: University of Nevada Press, 2005

Synopsis

The biography of Anza, an eighteenth-century Basque immigrant who became a silver miner, cattle rancher, and commander of the cavalry in Sonora, Mexico. This is a striking account of the Spanish borderlands and the hardy, ambitious colonists who populated them.

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. He is currently 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: University of Nevada Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0874176263
• ISBN 13: 9780874176261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360