Was the Nueva Galicia the location where mostly every european immigrant would settle?If so what would be the reason that they settled their?What other type of european group besides Spaniards would settle In the Nueva Galicia region specifically in the region of Los Altos of Jalisco because that's where mostly all my ancestors settled?
There are a number of good histories of Mexico and the Spanish conquest/colonial efforts in the New World that will likely answer your questions.
Here are two:
Michael Meyer & William Sherman, "The Course of Mexican History," 5th edition (1995).
Hugh Thomas, "The Golden Empire: Spain Charles V, and the Creation of America," (2010).
A good public library should have at least the first of these, and likely both.
George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA
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Hi George, I reserved the book, "Retornos de Espana" from the Library. I could not believe how many people were signed up for it---only one available for this area! Thank you for the lead.
Also thank you for the reference of the above two books on the history of Mexico.
I will reserve from local library. Your help greatly appreciated.
Ann Marie Gutierrez
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Ann Marie
You're welcome!
It would be great if the out-of-print books like Retornos de Espagna were digitized; we would all benefit from it.
George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA
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Abram
The first is a general history of Mexico; the second has a much broader focus, and covers the Spanish efforts in the Americas in general.
Here are some other histories:
The war for Mexico's west : Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524-1550
Author: Ida Altman
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Library availability: Stanford, UC Berkeley
The Audiencia of New Galicia in the sixteenth century : a study in Spanish colonial government.
Author: J H Parry
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1948.
Library availability: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Santa Clara University
La Conquista de la Nueva Galicia,
Author: José López-Portillo y Weber; Mexico. Departamento de Monumentos Artísticos, Arqueológicos e Históricos.
Publisher: México, Telleres gráficos de la nación, 1935.
Library availability: UC Berkeley, Stanford, Santa Clara University, San Jose State
Availability of these to the general public is likely different at the
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Some references for the history of Mexico