After a long layoff, I spent a little time today trying to collect a few more facts about life in Colonial New Mexico. One of the source books I have enjoyed is “Bolton and the Spanish Borderlands”, which is a collection of writings by Herbert Bolton, an American historian from the early twentieth century...
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I’m not writing as much as I’d like to, certainly. Life right now feels like a season of wandering, within and without. But at least I am trying to read some more again. Returning from the Arizona trip, though, my interest in the Anza project has returned, although I find myself frequently wondering why...
Read more →When Cortez came with his expedition from Cuba to Mesoamerica in 1519, he did it largely at his own expense, and without the blessings of his compatriot, the Governor of Cuba, Diego Velazquez de Cuellar. In fact, Cuellar actually cancelled Cortez’s expedition at the last minute, but Cortez didn’t care. He had largely funded...
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