Donald E. Chipman is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Texas. In 2003 King Juan Carlos I of Spain appointed him as a Knight of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, the highest honor that can be accorded a non-Spaniard.Harriett Denise Joseph is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. Both she and Donald Chipman have spent decades researching, writing, and teaching Texas history. This volume is their third collaborative effort, along with the award-winning Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas and Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Second Edition1. Texas: Geography and First People2. Explorers and Conquistadors, 1519-15433. The Northward Advance toward Texas, 1543-16804. RÍo Grande Focus and the French Challenge in Texas, 1680-16895. International Rivalry and the East Texas Missions, 1689-17146. The Spanish Occupation of Texas, 1714-17227. Retrenchment, Islanders, and Indians, 1722-17468. Mission, Presidio, and Settlement Expansion, 1746-17629. The Changing International Scene and Life in Texas, 1762-178310. Anglo-American Encroachments and Texas at the Turn of a Century, 1783-180311. The Twilight of Spanish Texas, 1803-182112. The Legacies of Spanish TexasAppendix 1. Governors of Spanish Texas, 1691-1821Appendix 2. Commandants General of the Interior Provinces, 1776-1821Appendix 3. Viceroys of New Spain, 1535-1821NotesBibliographyIndex

Donald E. Chipman is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Texas. In 2003 King Juan Carlos I of Spain appointed him as a Knight of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, the highest honor that can be accorded a non-Spaniard.Harriett Denise Joseph is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. Both she and Donald Chipman have spent decades researching, writing, and teaching Texas history. This volume is their third collaborative effort, along with the award-winning Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas and Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Second Edition1. Texas: Geography and First People2. Explorers and Conquistadors, 1519-15433. The Northward Advance toward Texas, 1543-16804. RÍo Grande Focus and the French Challenge in Texas, 1680-16895. International Rivalry and the East Texas Missions, 1689-17146. The Spanish Occupation of Texas, 1714-17227. Retrenchment, Islanders, and Indians, 1722-17468. Mission, Presidio, and Settlement Expansion, 1746-17629. The Changing International Scene and Life in Texas, 1762-178310. Anglo-American Encroachments and Texas at the Turn of a Century, 1783-180311. The Twilight of Spanish Texas, 1803-182112. The Legacies of Spanish TexasAppendix 1. Governors of Spanish Texas, 1691-1821Appendix 2. Commandants General of the Interior Provinces, 1776-1821Appendix 3. Viceroys of New Spain, 1535-1821NotesBibliographyIndex

Donald E. Chipman is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Texas. In 2003 King Juan Carlos I of Spain appointed him as a Knight of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, the highest honor that can be accorded a non-Spaniard.Harriett Denise Joseph is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. Both she and Donald Chipman have spent decades researching, writing, and teaching Texas history. This volume is their third collaborative effort, along with the award-winning Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas and Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Second Edition1. Texas: Geography and First People2. Explorers and Conquistadors, 1519-15433. The Northward Advance toward Texas, 1543-16804. RÍo Grande Focus and the French Challenge in Texas, 1680-16895. International Rivalry and the East Texas Missions, 1689-17146. The Spanish Occupation of Texas, 1714-17227. Retrenchment, Islanders, and Indians, 1722-17468. Mission, Presidio, and Settlement Expansion, 1746-17629. The Changing International Scene and Life in Texas, 1762-178310. Anglo-American Encroachments and Texas at the Turn of a Century, 1783-180311. The Twilight of Spanish Texas, 1803-182112. The Legacies of Spanish TexasAppendix 1. Governors of Spanish Texas, 1691-1821Appendix 2. Commandants General of the Interior Provinces, 1776-1821Appendix 3. Viceroys of New Spain, 1535-1821NotesBibliographyIndex