One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Onate's entrada that led to the founding of Nueva Mexico in 1598 (to become the state of New Mexico 314 years later) is full of the hopes and dreams of those who travelled with Onate. Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610 was written fourteen years before John Smith's History of Virginia. Its thirty-four cantos have long been considered a key source for early New Mexico history and this bilingual Spanish/English version presents it as literature. By situating 'Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610' within the...
One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Onate's entrada that led to the founding of Nueva Mexico in...
With a flourish of trumpets, Don Juan de Onate claimed possession of New Mexico on the banks of "el Rio del Norte" in 1598. The land of pueblos surely would yield riches for the Spanish crown and prove Onate worthy of the title adelantado for two lives to come.
But some colonists with dreams of their own soon grew restless in the desolate region. Onate, feeling isolated and mistrusted by the authorities in Mexico City, resigned his position and left New Mexico in 1610 both slandered and shamed.
Raw facts of history are molded into a moving tale in this novel about the founding of...
With a flourish of trumpets, Don Juan de Onate claimed possession of New Mexico on the banks of "el Rio del Norte" in 1598. The land of pueblos sur...
This is a triumphant tale during a difficult time in our country when a love affair between couples of a different race or ethnicity was opposed by the dominant society, and considered miscegenation.
This is a triumphant tale during a difficult time in our country when a love affair between couples of a different race or ethnicity was opposed by th...
