The Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States, 1513-1561

By Woodbury Lowery

Book Overview

Before Jamestown, before Plymouth, Spain had already tested the coasts, rivers, and frontiers that would become the United States. Maps, motives, and hard evidence. In The Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States, 1513-1561, historian Woodbury Lowery tracks the first sustained European footholds across Florida, the Gulf, and the southeast, following the ambitions and miscalculations that shaped 1513-1561 colonial America. Written as an academic history monograph with the narrative drive of travel and discovery, this scholarly colonial history is also a historical geography study: routes, landfalls, and contested places are pinned to the map with disciplined attention to dates and documentary record. Lowery draws on conquistador expedition accounts and official correspondence, making the book a primary source history collection in spirit as well as a clear synthesis. For anyone tracing early Spanish settlements, it reveals how Spanish exploration North America fed the wider Spanish empire expansion. For historians, it stands as a durable English-language guide to the documentary trail of Spain's northern frontier in the early modern Americas. Long valued by American history researchers, the volume remains a dependable college history reference for the 16th century United States, especially readers who want evidence over legend and context over myth. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Add it to an historian's shelf, or to a classic-library of Atlantic-world history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9389265924
• ISBN13: 9789389265927
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"