About the Author

Robert Weddle, an independent scholar living near Bonham, Texas, has ten other books to his credit, eight of which deal with Spanish or French colonial history. He is the author of Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500-1685; editor of La Salle, the Mississipi, and the Gulf: Three Primary Documents; and co-author of Mapping Texas and the Gulf Coast: The Contributions of St. Denis, Olivan, and Le Maire, all published by Texas A&M University Press.