Peter Gerhard

Not to be confused with Peter Gerard.

Peter Gerhard (1920 – 15 February 2006, Fayence, France) was a historical geographer whose work focused on colonial Mexico or New Spain. He pursued graduate studies at University of California, Berkeley, and was influenced by Carl O. Sauer and Herbert Bolton.

Publications

Books

• Gerhard, Peter (1993). A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2553-4.
• Gerhard, Peter (1982). The North Frontier of New Spain. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-09394-9.
• Gerhard, Peter (1979). The Southeast Frontier of New Spain. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-05273-1.
• Gerhard, Peter; Gulick, Howard E. (1967). Lower California Guidebook: A Descriptive Traveler's Guide. A. H. Clark Company. ISBN 978-0-87062-016-4.

Articles

• Gerhard, Peter (1959). "El avance español en México y Centroamérica". Historia Mexicana. 9 (1): 143–152. JSTOR 25134993.
• Gerhard, Peter (1968). "Descripciones geográficas (pistas para investigadores)". Historia Mexicana. 17 (4): 618–627. JSTOR 25134714.
• Gerhard, Peter (1977). "Congregaciones de indios en la nueva España antes de 1570". Historia Mexicana. 26 (3): 347–395. JSTOR 25135561.
• Gerhard, Peter (1981). "Un censo de la diócesis de Puebla en 1681". Historia Mexicana. 30 (4): 530–560. JSTOR 25135756.
• Gerhard, Peter (1 January 1953). "Gabriel González, Last Dominican in Baja California". Pacific Historical Review. 22 (2): 123–127. doi:10.2307/4492027. JSTOR 4492027.
• Gerhard, Peter (1954). "Misiones de Baja California". Historia Mexicana. 3 (4): 600–605. JSTOR 25134350.
• Gerhard, Peter; Mathes, W. Michael (July 1995). "Peregrinations of the Baja California Mission Registers". The Americas. 52 (1): 71–80. doi:10.2307/1008085. JSTOR 1008085.