Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hidden river: La Salle and the Rio Escondido, 1682-85
  • Fatal error: La Salle in Texas, 1685-87
  • The French goad: New Spain on alert, 1685-86
  • The greatest force and effort: the Gulf reexamined, 1687-89
  • Fateful site: Fort Saint-Louis, 1689-90
  • Failure and frustation: Teran and Tonti, 1691-92
  • Doubtful choice: Pensacola Bay and the Mississippi, 1693
  • Rivals face to face: the race for Pensacola Bay, 1698-99
  • Malbanchya: Iberville on the Mississippi, 1699
  • The Marshland: Biloxi bay to the Caddo, 1699-1700
  • Uneasy alliance: Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, 1701-1703
  • Priest and Cavalier: the Bartering of Texas, 1714-18
  • Cannibal coast: La Harpe, Bellisle, and Beranger, 1718-21
  • Exploration and conflict: Florida and Texas, 1716-46
  • Ghosts from the wilderness: Texas and Tamaulipas, 1745
  • Pais Despoblado: Costa del Seno Santander, 1748-55
  • Failure on the trinity: Atakapa and Akokisa, 1746-62
  • Expanding horizons: Mapping the coastal region, 1682-1720
  • Edge of enlightenment: the Struggle got longitude, 1723-62.