Author: Florence Edith BarthPublisher:
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Terán Expedition Into Texas and Louisiana
Author: Florence Edith BarthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Expedition of Father Gaspar Jose de Solis Into Texas, 1767-1768
Author: George HowdenPublisher:
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Category : Franciscans in Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Texas by Terán
Author: General MierPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292773285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
“An extremely valuable original source on Texas history that heretofore has not been available to scholars or the reading public.” —Donald E. Chipman, Professor of History, University of North Texas Texas was already slipping from the grasp of Mexico when Manuel Mier y Terán made his tour of inspection in 1828. American settlers were pouring across the vaguely defined border between Mexico's northernmost province and the United States, along with a host of Indian nations driven off their lands by American expansionism. Terán’s mission was to assess the political situation in Texas while establishing its boundary with the United States. Highly qualified for these tasks as a soldier, scientist, and intellectual, he wrote perhaps the most perceptive account of Texas' people, politics, natural resources, and future prospects during the critical decade of the 1820s. This book contains the full text of Terán’s diary—which has never before been published—edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. The introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Terán played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832.
Pichardo's Treatise on the Limits of Louisiana and Texas
Author: José Antonio PichardoPublisher:
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689–1768
Author: William C. FosterPublisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 029276250X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Based on official Spanish expedition diaries, a fascinating account of the daily routes taken and the Indigenous tribes, terrain, and wildlife encountered. Mapping old trails has a romantic allure at least as great as the difficulty involved in doing it. In this book, William Foster produces the first highly accurate maps of the eleven Spanish expeditions from northeastern Mexico into what is now East Texas during the years 1689 to 1768. Foster draws upon the detailed diaries that each expedition kept of its route, cross-checking the journals among themselves and against previously unused eighteenth-century Spanish maps, modern detailed topographic maps, aerial photographs, and on-site inspections. From these sources emerges a clear picture of where the Spanish explorers actually passed through Texas. This information, which corrects many previous misinterpretations, will be widely valuable. Old names of rivers and landforms will be of interest to geographers. Anthropologists and archaeologists will find new information on encounters with some 139 named Indigenous tribes. Botanists and zoologists will see changes in the distribution of flora and fauna with increasing European habitation, and climatologists will learn more about the “Little Ice Age” along the Rio Grande. “Foster offers readers as accurate an estimate as could ever be hoped for for the eleven routes as whole.” —The Journal of American History “Foster does an excellent job sorting out his predecessors’ fallacious interpretations of the significance and location of certain routes.” —Colonial Latin American Historical Review “To have a single authoritative source of these early expeditions [is] enormously useful . . . Foster’s work [is] the most authoritative on the subject.” —David J. Weber, Southern Methodist University
A School History of Texas
Author: John Henry BrownPublisher:
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Details Texas history for use in teaching the topic in schools.
Report
Author: Railroad Commission of TexasPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
... Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas
Author: Railroad Commission of TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and StatisticsPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
1921-1942 contain abstracts of periodical reports.
Texas by Terán
Author: Manuel de Mier y TeránPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292752351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"This book contains the full text of Teran's diary - which has never before been published - edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. Also included are letters Teran wrote during his inspection, observations by other members of the expedition, and brief accounts by several foreign travelers who visited Texas at this time. The editor's introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Teran played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832"--Jacket.