O G Diaz: 2 books

While the English faltered at establishing their earliest colonies in Virginia, the Spanish had explored the American Southwest and built enduring settlements some fifteen hundred miles from their capital at Mexico City. These early adventurers and clergy went into the territory, many motivated by...

The beautiful widow, Maria Angela Alvarez Candelaria, attains the pinnacle of happiness available to an early eighteen century woman: wealth, travel, adventure, prestige, a devoted husband and a beautiful family. These are fulfillments few women of her era dare to dream and she has garnered them all....