The Canary Islanders in Texas

The Canary Islanders in Texas

The Story of the Founding of San Antonio

by Armando Curbelo Fuentes

Foreword by Félix D. Almaráz Jr.

The influential story of early Spanish immigrants to Texas from the Canary Islands

Immigrants from the Spanish Canary Islands off the northwestern coast of Africa played a vital role in San Antonio’s early history. The Canary Islanders in Texas tells the story of the fifty-five Canary Islanders who arrived in South Texas in 1731 and founded the original municipality of San Fernando de ...

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  • 9781595348456
  • Published: May 2018

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  • 9781595348463
  • Published: May 2018

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