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...William H. Goetzmann The Taos Trappers: The Fur Trade in the Far Southwest, 1540-1846 . By Weber David J. . Norman, Oklahoma , 1971 . Oklahoma University Press . Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Cloth. $8.95 . Copyright 1972 by Duke University Press 1972...

....] (Oakland, California: The Westgate Press, 1945. Pp. xxii, 112. Illustrations, maps. $4.00.) John Work s fur hunting expedition was one of a number of such journies of British trappers to California, and was important because it was indicative of the great interest the British were taking in this Span­ ish...

... of such journies of British trappers to California, and was important because it was indicative of the great interest the British were taking in this Span­ ish frontier. While Britain s Foreign Office was not inclined towards acquiring new territories at that particular moment, yet it liked to keep an eye...

... of denuding the area to make it unattractive for rival trappers; 3) a search for the elusive, attractive, mythical Buenaventura River, first set down on old Spanish maps. Motives one and two were rather successfully carried out, but motive three was left for later explorers to solve. Much to be appreciated...

..., and incompetent. Particular criticism was leveled at Hispanic unwillingness to arm the Comanches, since James was more than eager to aid them in “defending themselves.” One can but marvel at the unrelieved series of failures suffered by this critic in his own activities as trapper and as trader with both...

... University Press 1980 This study brings together in one volume the accounts of Spanish, Mexican, and American expeditions in search of trails to California from New Mexico, Arizona, and Sonora. Beginning with Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca it runs the gamut of explorers, trappers, and soldiers to the days...

... and political interests of the family in the context of trade with the interior of Mexico and the province’s development as a sheep-ranching region. The author treats the arrival of Anglo-Americans—trappers, traders, and finally soldiers—rather more haphazardly and disjointedly than the Spanish and Mexican...

... a dissertation on the early Anglo-American fur traders in New Mexico. This became his first book, The Taos Trappers: The Fur Trade in the Far Southwest, 1540 – 1846 (Oklahoma University Press, 1971). It was the first of 27 books he either wrote or edited. Some of the writing had a very local focus. A fine...

... Builders: A History of the Bolivian Rubber Boom and the Rise of the House of Suárez ,” Journal of Latin American Studies 2:2 (Nov. 1970), 113-46. 13 For example, see R. Murphy and J. Steward, “Tappers and Trappers: Parallel Process in Acculturation,” Economic Development and Cultural Change 4:4...