Franciscan frontiersmen : how three adventurers charted the West /

Franciscan frontiersmen : how three adventurers charted the West /

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Font, the least celebrated of the three, recorded the daily events of the 1775-76 colonizing expedition of Juan Bautista de Anza while serving as its chaplain. Font's legacy includes some of the earliest accurate maps of California between San Diego Bay and San Francisco Bay. Garces, an itinera...

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Main Author:	Kittle, Robert A., 1953- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Crespí, Juan, > 1721-1782 > Travel > West (U.S.) Crespí, Juan, > 1721-1782 > Travel > West (U.S.) Font, Pedro, > 1737-1781 > Travel > West (U.S.) Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, > 1738-1781 > Travel > West (U.S.) Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, > 1738-1781 > Travel > West (U.S.) Crespí, Juan, > 1721-1782 Font, Pedro, > 1737-1781 Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, > 1738-1781 Franciscans > Spain > Biography Franciscans > West (U.S.) > Biography Franciscans To 1848 Explorers > West (U.S.) > Biography Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography Discoveries in geography Explorers HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Pioneers Travel California > Discovery and exploration West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration West (U.S.) > History > To 1848 California Spain United States, West Biographies Biography History

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