Title: Lancers for the king
Description: Analyses the role of the presidios built by the Spanish in the Southwest in order to maintain a military presence in the New World, and the reasons for Spain's military failure on the northern frontier, in a volume that includes the text of Mexico's regulatory charter of 1772 in its original Spanish and an English translation.
Subjects: Military History, Regulations, Spain. Ejército, Military bases, Colonies, Spain, History, Spanish colonies