Capturing the Landscape of New Spain: Baltasar Obregón and the 1564 Ibarra Expedition

by Rebecca A. Carte

The son of an encomendero, Baltasar Obreg n was twenty years old when he joined the 1564 expedition led by the first governor of Nueva Vizcaya, Francisco de Ibarra. The purpose of the expedition was to establish mining settlements in the borderlands of New Spain and to suppress indigenous rebellions in the region.

Although Obreg n's role in the Ibarra expedition was that of soldier-explorer, and despite his lacking an advanced education, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816531420
• ISBN13: 9780816531424
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"