Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
Description |
viii, 465 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-442) and index. |
Summary |
The narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure in the making of the American West. In the year 1749, at the age of thirty-six, Junipero Serra left his position as a highly regarded priest in Spain for the turbulent and dangerous New World, knowing he would never return. The Spanish Crown and the Catholic Church both sought expansion in Mexico--the former in search of gold, the latter seeking souls--as well as entry into the mysterious land to the north called "California." By his death at age seventy-one, Serra had traveled more than 14,000 miles on land and sea through the New World--much of that distance on a chronically infected and painful foot--baptized and confirmed 6,000 Indians, and founded nine of California's twenty-one missions, with his followers establishing the rest. |
Subject |
Serra, JunÃpero, Saint, 1713-1784.
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Franciscans -- California -- Biography.
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Missions, Spanish -- California -- History.
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Franciscans -- Missions -- California -- History.
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California -- History -- To 1846.
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Explorers -- California -- Biography.
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Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers.
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ISBN |
9781451642728 hardback |
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1451642725 hardback |
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9781451642735 paperback |
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1451642733 paperback |
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9781451642759 (ebook) |
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145164275X (ebook) |
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