"As new - gift quality! 27 indexed pages (8.25x10.75"") illustrated with 26 black and white photos on glossy paper. ""Italians were on their way to Texas almost as soon as Europeans began sailing the Atlantic in search of a route to the Indies. Americo Vespucci probably viewed the Texas coast in 1497..."" Short biographies of individuals or groups of Italians of Texas from the 15th to early 20th century."