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A Forgotten Kingdom The Spanish Froniter in Colorado and New Mexico 1540-1821
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A Forgotten Kingdom: The Spanish Frontier in Colorado and New Mexico, 1540-1821
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9781496016065
ISBN13:
9781496016065
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$23.54
A Forgotten Kingdom: The Spanish Frontier in Colorado and New Mexico, 1540-1821
$23.54
This volume represents a bridge between Colorado's prehistoric past and the time of Anglo-American settlement in our state. Few people realize that hundreds of years before the discovery of gold in Colorado during 1859, a highly developed European civilization had explored and settled the area now known as New Mexico and Colorado. Spanish conquistadors roamed the plains in the mid-1500s. They came here permanently in 1598 and founded the second oldest city in North America. This long cultural heritage was overshadowed when Colorado [and New Mexico] became part of the United States during the mid-1800s. This publication is neither prehistory nor purely western history. It reveals an aspect of our past that is sometimes overlooked and often forgotten. This volume represents a modest contribution to the Columbus Quincentennial year. It is fitting that during this 500th anniversary of the "discovery" of the New World, Spanish contributions to our western heritage are recognized.
| Author: Bureau of Land Management |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Feb 20, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 208 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1496016068 |
| ISBN-13: 9781496016065 |
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