num_pages: 360
description: The biography of Anza, an eighteenth-century Basque immigrant who became a silver miner, cattle rancher, and commander of the cavalry in Sonora, Mexico. This is a striking account of the Spanish borderlands and the hardy, ambitious colonists who populated them.
language: English
title: Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World, 1693-1740
titlecomplete: Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World, 1693-1740 (The Basque Series)
ratings_count: 4
publisher: University of Nevada Press