(MIS)Translating U.S. Southwest History

(MIS)Translating U.S. Southwest History

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Historians of the U.S.Southwest S.H.Figuarts invariably rely on English-language translations of original Spanish documents for their interpretive work.However, a philological approach to the Spanish documents reveals all manner of translator shortcomings, some of which negatively impact the historical record.

I document one such instance pertaining to the 3 Piece Power Reclining Loveseat with Console early history of Texas and argue that the failure to adhere to sound philological practice has produced an inaccurate historical canon.Data are taken from a Spanish expedition diary from the late 17th-century and from unpublished archival sources pertaining to it.