The D iary of Juan Domínguez de
Mendoza’s Expedition into Texas (1683-1684)

Edited with Introduction by Brian Imhoff

Published by the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies,
Southern Methodist University

A critical edition of the Spanish text with facsimile reproductions.

Produced in a limited edition, on acid-free paper, 259 pages, including biblographical references, maps, graphs and facsimiles

ISBN 1-929531-05-2

Scholars interested in the Spanish frontier in North America recognize the value of expedition diaries.  These first-hand accounts provide rich detail about contact with native peoples and the natural world.  Yet, many texts pertaining to the colonial period remain unpublished only in unreliable English translations.

With Mendoza's Expedition in Texas, Brian Imhoff offers the first critical Spanish language edition of an original expedition diary pertaining to the early history of Texas.  His work meets the highest standard of critical textual analysis.  For the first time scholars have ready access to the Mendoza diary as it was originally written.

"This study sets a standard for the paleographical transcription of documents used by historians of the early colonial history of the Americas...and is recommended to students and aficionados of Spanish colonial history in the southwestern United States."

-Joseph P. Sánchez, Intermountain Spanish Colonial Research Center, National Park Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

“This work answers the call of the many scholars who have long been saying that we need more texts in the original Spanish and not only in English translation.”

-Giorgio Perssinotto, Professor Spanish and Portuguese, University of California at Santa Barbara, author of Documenting Everyday Life in Early California  

Brian Imhoff is is currently working on a bilingual edition of “The trial in absentia of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza,” October 8, 1685, based on the Spanish Archives of New Mexico.  Imhoff is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University.

To purchase, please send $24.50 plus applicable sales tax, plus $3.50 shipping and handling to:

        The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
        Attn: Mendoza Order
        Southern Methodist University
        P.O. Box 750176
        Dallas, TX  75275-0175

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  Last updated August 27, 2007