Selected Spanish California Archives, 1532-1784.

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Selected Spanish California Archives, 1532-1784.

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Consists of bound photocopies of letters, reports and other documents on microfilm from originals in Mexican National Archives. Correspondents include Serra, Portola, Anza, Palou, Vizcaino, Escalante and other Spanish religious, military and political leaders.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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Portola, Gaspar de.

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Portola was on the 1769 expedition which founded missions at San Diego and Monterey and served as the first Spanish governor of the Californias. From the description of DS, 1777 August 18 : Los Angeles. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 17738825 ...

Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788

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Juan Bautista de Anza was born in 1735 in Fronteras, Sonora. He was a Novo-Spanish explorer and Governor of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire. From the description of Diario de Rutta de Senora, 1774, January-May. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 752619147 ...

Biblioteca Nacional de México.

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Correspondence and reports by Fr. Junipero Serra (1713-1784) on founding of Mission San Diego (1769), on founding of Carmel Mission (1770), on plague of grasshoppers in California (1774) and other topics; Francisco de Palou (1723-1789) diary of Portola expedition (1769), report on state of missions in California (n.d.); Juan Bautista de Anza's diary of overland trip from Sonora, Mexico to San Francisco Bay (1776); Juan Salvatierra's summary of all California exploration prior to 1697 (1697); and...

Serra, Junípero, 1713-1784

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Fray Junípero Serra (1713-1784), of the College of San Fernando in Mexico, became president of the missions of Lower California in 1768 and in 1769 joined an overland expedition to San Diego. From the description of Letter: to Governor Felipe de Neve /by Junípero Serra, 1779 Sep17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702689206 From the description of Diary. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702689137 Franciscan missionary. From the description of Junípero Ser...

Palóu, Francisco, 1723-1789

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Francisco Palóu was a Franciscan missionary who, along with Junipero Serra, was involved with the building and development of several missions throughout California during the late 18th century. He would eventually become president of all the California missions. From the description of Diary of the Reconnoisance [sic] of the Country surrounding the Port of San Francisco, being the first complete and full reconnoisance [sic] of the Peninsula of San Francisco, now for the first time ...