Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World [Hardcover]

Donald T. Garate (Author)

Book Description

Series: Basque | Publication Date: June 2003

The first biography of Juan Bautista de Anza, the eighteenth-century Basque immigrant who became a silver miner, cattle rancher, explorer of the West, and commander of the cavalry in Sonora, Mexico. For this comprehensive biography of Anza, Garate spent more than ten years researching archives in Spain and the Americas. The result is a striking and important account of the Spanish borderlands and the hardy, ambitious colonists who populated them.

The Basque Series

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"...in the hands of skilled practitioners [biography] can be exciting and revealing...such is the case with Garate" -- Choice --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Donald T. Garate is deeply involved in research and preservation of Spanish history in both Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, and has brought attention to new material concerning the Basque influence in that history. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Basque Studies and the Journal of Arizona History. He is the chief of interpretation/historian at Tumacácori National Historical Park in Arizona.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 323 pages
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874175054
• ISBN-13: 978-0874175059
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,852,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historian's delight, April 28, 2008

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Kat Kansas "Kitty" (KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Juan Bautista De Anza: Basque Explorer In The New World, 1693-1740 (The Basque Series) (Paperback)

As a genealogist, I found this book to be a treasure...as a history buff, I found this book to be very informative and interesting...leaned a great deal. I am mystified that Juan Baustista de Anza is never given more credit than he deserved in the history books...I highly recommend this book, it is well written and very insightful into not only the man, but the times and locations as well.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the Person You Think, April 10, 2011

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F J Fitzgibbon Jr. "FJF Jr." (Los Alamos, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Juan Bautista De Anza: Basque Explorer In The New World, 1693-1740 (The Basque Series) (Paperback)

Pay attention. Read the subtitle carefully! The subject of this biography is not the Juan Bautista de Anza who established the first land route to San Francisco Bay in 1776 and was governor of the province of New Mexico from 1777 to 1787, but his father of the same name. This book is the first volume of what the author plans to be a three-volume series about Juan Bautista de Anza and his father. Other than a mention in the preface, little said of the son, who according to the preface, is to be the subject of volumes two and three. I am waiting for volumes two and three, and maybe only three.