Diego de Vargas led the Spanish return to New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and the Vargas Project at the University of New Mexico, directed by John L. Kessell, published his papers in English translation. To the Royal Crown Restored covers 1692 to 1694: the muster at El Paso, Vargas in Zacatecas and Durango, the recruiting of colonists, and the recolonizing expedition from El Paso to Santa Fe.
This copy is the 1995 first edition. The title page names J. Ignacio Avellaneda as associate editor, Larry D. Miller as assistant editor and José Antonio Esquibel as research consultant; the maps were drafted by Jerry L. Livingston and the illustrations are by Maria Carmen Gambliel.
First edition, 1995
The copyright page reads '© 1995 by the University of New Mexico Press' and 'First edition,' with ISBN 0-8263-1559-3. The title page names it a volume in The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, edited by John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks and Meredith D. Dodge. This is a University of New Mexico Press book; see how University of New Mexico Press states its first printings.
| Author | John L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks and Meredith D. Dodge |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year | 1995 |
| ISBN | 9780826315595 |
| Edition | First edition, 1995 |
| Condition | Maroon hardcover with a gilt title label, no dust jacket. |
| Topic | Spanish colonial New Mexico |
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