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Map of Catholic missions in California and Sonora traced from a late-eighteenth-century Spanish manuscript

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Title Map of Catholic missions in California and Sonora traced from a late-eighteenth-century Spanish manuscript

Date 1798/1804; 1908?

Place California--San Francisco, United States--Gila River, California, United States, Mexico--Baja California (State), Mexico--Sonora (State), Mexico--Guadalajara, Mexico

Language Spanish

Subjects Christianity, Religion, Missionaries, Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788

Description Untitled and anonymous tracing made by Irving B. Richman (1908?) from a late-eighteenth-century manuscript, possibly in the Archivo General de la Nacion (Mexico). Identifies numerous missions, including closed and burned sites, in the region roughly bounded by San Francisco, the lower Colorado and Gila Rivers, Baja California, and Guadalajara, Mexico. Also identifies Apache, Yuma, Pima, and Seri Indian regions, and rumbos or routes associated with the Dominicans, missionaries from the San Fernando mission, and Juan Bautista de Anza's 1774 route toward Monterrey.

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Call Number VAULT drawer Ayer MS map 227

BibID 991442278805867

Projects Tag American Indian Histories and Cultures (Adam Matthew Digital)

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3513px × 5023px 50.52 MB

File Created 01/03/2014

Filename 991442278805867_Ayer_Map_227_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11NVR1

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