The Spanish Conquest Of New Mexico Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from History of New Mexico: From the Spanish Conquest to the Present Time 1530-1890, With Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent People To detail the evolution and development of an individual State or Territory in a comprehensive history of the United States, and present it in a popular form, is of necessity impossible, the extent of ground covered rendering condensation unavoidable. Yet such detail is absolutely necessary to a proper understanding of the subject treated, as a mere succession of dates and statistics leaves no lasting impression on the general reader. It has been and still is a standing reproach to Americans that they know very little of the history of their own country; probably were it placed before them in a less complex form, that reproach would be no longer valid. In the present volume the object has been to present in a popular form a simple and direct narrative of the history of New Mexico, from the discovery and conquest by the Spaniards to the present time. No original research has been possible, but the principal translations and modern authorities consulted are appended, and it is hoped that the book may prove of interest in that it deals with one of the most remarkable and least known of our Western Territories. Acknowledgments are chiefly due to G. E. Yerger for the biographical matter of this volume. He has worked diligently in the collection and preparation of same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.