edited by Thomas H. Naylor and Charles W. Polzer
University of Arizona Press, 1989
eISBN: 978-0-8165-4379-3 | Cloth: 978-0-8165-1070-2
Library of Congress Classification UA603.P43 1988
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.00972

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ABOUT THIS BOOK


Philip V ordered an inspection of the presidios in the northern provinces which resulted in the reglamento of 1729. The study was capably done and documented by Pedro de Rivera Villalon. Includes Rivera’s report to the Viceroy of New Spain, the Reglamento of Havana , the inspection, Alvarez Barreiro’s map and descriptions. The documents are presented in their original Spanish and in translation, provide a detailed background by which modern scholars can better assess the status and role of Spain's military outposts