John L. Kessell

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Rim of Christendom

A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Pacific Coast Pioneer

The University of Arizona Press

"This re-issued biography recounts [Kino's] work with loving detail and with an accuracy that has survived slight amendments. Its accompanying plates, maps, and bibliography enhance a text that should find a place in every serious library."—Religious Studies Review

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Whither the Waters

Mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont

University of New Mexico Press

This book places the man and the map in historical context, reminding readers of the enduring significance of Miera y Pacheco.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Mission of Sorrows

Jesuit Guevavi and the Pimas, 1691–1767

The University of Arizona Press
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Friars, Soldiers, and Reformers

Hispanic Arizona and the Sonora Mission Frontier, 1767–1856

The University of Arizona Press
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Coronado

Knight of Pueblos and Plains

University of New Mexico Press

Herbert Eugene Bolton's classic of southwestern history, first published in 1949, delivers the epic account of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's sixteenth-century entrada to the North American frontier of the Spanish Empire.

  • Copyright year: 1949
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The Volumes of the Vargas Project (Boxed Set)

University of New Mexico Press

In this limited, numbered, and signed boxed set are first editions of every volume in the official correspondence of don Diego de Vargas: By Force of Arms, To the Royal Crown Restored, Blood on the Boulders, That Disturbances Cease, and A Settling of Accounts.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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A Settling of Accounts

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1700-1704

University of New Mexico Press

The sixth and final volume of the journals of don Diego de Vargas.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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That Disturbances Cease

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, 1697-1700

University of New Mexico Press

Volume 5 in The Journals of don Diego de Vargas.

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Blood on the Boulders

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, 1694-1697

University of New Mexico Press

Through The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, translated from official and private correspondence, we are drawn back, through conflict and compromise, into New Mexico's formative era in this boxed set.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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To the Royal Crown Restored

The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1692-1694

University of New Mexico Press
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