Spanish Texas, 1519–1821Winner, Kate Broocks Bates Award, Texas State Historical Association Presidio La Baha Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book " the book on early Texas. [It] is without peer." David J. Weber, Robert and Nancy Dedman Professor of History, Southern Methodist University Modern Texas, like Mexico to the south, traces its beginning to sixteenth century encounters between Spaniards, Native American peoples, and a