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Luis De Unzaga And Bourbon Reform In Spanish Louisiana, 1770--1776., Julia Carpenter Frederick
Luis De Unzaga And Bourbon Reform In Spanish Louisiana, 1770--1776., Julia Carpenter Frederick
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Previous histories of the establishment of Spanish rule in Louisiana have centered primarily on its first two officials, Governor Antonio de Ulloa and Captain-General Alejandro O'Reilly. This work focuses on Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga, governor of Spanish Louisiana from 1770 to 1776. It challenges previous interpretations of Unzaga's tenure which have traditionally viewed the Bourbon Reforms as detrimental to the colony and viewed the governor as merely benign and transitional in the colony's history. Comparison of shipping records and governor's records from Cuba and Louisiana indicate that the colony actually maintained the same volume of shipping with Havana that …