EPISODE · Apr 28, 2023 · 2H 4M
The Spanish Southwest: The Reconquest of New Mexico by the Last Spanish Knight
from The American Southwest · host Thomas Wayne Riley
This episode of the American Southwest Podcast is the 3rd in the series about the Spanish and the Native American inhabitants of the region and specifically about the 1692 Reconquest of the Territory of New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. I discuss the battles, the peoples, and most importantly, the Spanish leader of the Reconquest, a Spaniard named Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon y Contreras. The last male descendant in the Noble Vargas line of Madrid.
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The Spanish Southwest: The Reconquest of New Mexico by the Last Spanish Knight
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