GASPAR CASTANO DE SOSA  Conquistador, Explorador, Fundador

Description

Castano de Sosa was the founder and first mayor of San Luis, now Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.He as associated with Governor Luis de Carvajal in the region of Almaden, now Monclova, Mexico,. He made the first expedition to New Mexico, and made inroads to the region but he was persecuted for crimes alleged by the Viceroy Luis de Velasco. Castano was exiled to the Phillipines where he died shortly thereafter in one of the most tragic episodes of the islands. This book is written in SPANISH TEXT.