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The expedition into California of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra and his companions in the year 1769
Title
The expedition into California of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra and his companions in the year 1769, as told by Fray Francisco Palóu, and hitherto unpublished letters of Serra, Palóu and Galvéz: the whole newly translated and arranged as a consecutive narrative, with the aid of Thomas W. Temple II, by Douglas S. Watson; to which is added the account of Serra's death inscribed by Fray Francisco Palóu in the Book of the dead at Carmel mission.
Published
San Francisco, Printed at the Nueva California Press, 1934.
Physical Description
2 p. l., iii, 124 p., 1 l. front. (port.) fold. map, facsims. 29 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN: This copy numbered 215 and signed by Douglas S. Watson.
Notes
"400 copies of this book ... were printed ... in the year of the 150th anniversary of the death of Padre Fray Junípero Serra."
Includes excerpts from Palou's books, "Noticias de la Nueva California" and "Relacion historica de la vida y apostolicas tareas del venerable padre fray Junipero Serra."
Published also, without the facsimiles, in an edition of 1000 unnumbered copies under title: The founding of the first California missions under the spiritual guidance of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra.
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Language
English
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June 01, 2002
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