Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768

by Harry W. Crosby

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First published in 1994 and now available again, this Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. Jesuit missionaries founded their first settlement in 1697 and unintentionally created a Hispanic society that outlived the missions and their Indian converts. The author brings to light Jesuit missionization and culture, European-Indian contacts, mission and presidio operations,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0826314953

ISBN13:9780826314956

Release Date:May 1994

Publisher:University of New Mexico Press

Length:574 Pages

Weight:3.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.9" x 7.4" x 10.3"

Related Subjects

17th Century Americas Antigua Caribbean & West Indies Cultural Education & Reference Evangelism History Missions & Missionary Work Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Native American Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality State & Local World

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