Changing tides : twilight and dawn in the Spanish Sea, 1763-1803 / Robert S. Weddle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weddle, Robert S.

Series:

Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America, Gulf of--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

America, Gulf of.

Gulf States--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.

Gulf States.

America, Gulf of--History.

Gulf States--History--To 1803.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 352 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Well-organized and clearly written, this volume, the third part of a history of the Gulf of Mexico in the Spanish colonial era, rests on a thorough integration of secondary publications with the author's archival research. The first part of series is Spanish Sea: Gulf of Mexico in North American discovery (1985); second part is The French thorn: rival explorers in the Spanish Sea, 1682-1762 (1991)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Notes:

Sequel to: The French thorn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780585174143

0585174148