This comprehensive volume examines in great detail the history of Arizona and New Mexico. The work discusses the aboriginal people of the region as well as the first Spanish explorers into the area. The history continues into the 17th, 18th and late 19th centuries with the Navajo War, the last years of Spanish Rule, the history of the Mexican War and beyond. This work by Hubert Bancroft is probably one of the commonly known as one of the most comprehensive histories of Arizona available.