The soldados de cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier") served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to...

(1749–1809), soldado de cuera ("leather-jacketed soldier") on the 1769 Portola expedition, alcalde (municipal magistrate) of the Pueblo de Los Angeles...

the French and allied armies during the Retreat from Moscow of 1812. Soldado de cuera: Spanish light horsemen also known as the "leather-jacket soldiers"...

Americas and it continued to be used until the early 19th century by soldado de cuera in New Spain. These adargas were often decorated with the Spanish coat-of-arms...

officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), originally...

the mission herds. Vaqueros went north with livestock. In 1598, Don Juan de Oñate sent an expedition across the Rio Grande into New Mexico, bringing along...

the famous swords and sabers. 1772. Rules for Californian presidios. Soldado de cuera. Cutting arms. Broad sword and lance characteristics. 1781–1782. For...

Light cavalry Hobelars (medieval light horse) Hussar Numidian cavalry Soldado de cuera Uhlans Horse archer Shock troops Companion cavalry Lancers Mounted...

presidios. They were garrisoned by a special type of soldiers, the soldados de cuera, whose equipment was adapted to Native American warfare. They took...

before 1800. Spanish, and later Mexican, governments rewarded retired soldados de cuera with large land grants, known as ranchos, for the raising of cattle...