Donald E. Chipman is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of North Texas, USA. A specialist in the history of colonial Mexico and Spanish Borderlands in the American Southwest, he is the author or coauthor of seven books. In 2003, on orders of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Chipman received appointment for his work on Spain in America as a lord /knight in the Order of Isabel la Católica, the highest honor the Spanish government can confer on a non-Spaniard.

Donald E. Chipman is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of North Texas, USA. A specialist in the history of colonial Mexico and Spanish Borderlands in the American Southwest, he is the author or coauthor of seven books. In 2003, on orders of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Chipman received appointment for his work on Spain in America as a lord /knight in the Order of Isabel la Católica, the highest honor the Spanish government can confer on a non-Spaniard.

Donald E. Chipman is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of North Texas, USA. A specialist in the history of colonial Mexico and Spanish Borderlands in the American Southwest, he is the author or coauthor of seven books. In 2003, on orders of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Chipman received appointment for his work on Spain in America as a lord /knight in the Order of Isabel la Católica, the highest honor the Spanish government can confer on a non-Spaniard.