San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Publisher: Western Natl Parks Assoc
Published: December 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9781877856174
Subjects: San Antonio Missions National; San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (Texas); Texas; Missions, Spanish
First sentence: VICEROYALTY IN NEW SPAIN. Following Christopher Columbus' epochal first voyage at he end of the fifteenth century, Spain and the other European powers joined in a race to find and claim further "new" lands, explore them, and finally control, settle, and exploit them.