Diary of an expedition from Sonora to California, 1774 / by Juan Bautista de Anza.

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Diary of an expedition from Sonora to California, 1774 / by Juan Bautista de Anza.

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The diary describes Juan Bautista de Anza's 1774 expedition from Tubac, Sonora, along the Altar River to the Pima Indian settlements, Altar, Caborca, and finally to the San Gabriel mission (Los Angeles), California, the first expedition to reach the California coast overland from Sonora. The account also records exploration northward to Monterey and the return journey in April. The diary contains a list of the expedition's members, including Fray Juan Marcello Díaz and Fray Francisco Garcés.

94 p.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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 ...

Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781

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Spanish Franciscan missionary; explorer of the Southwest; priest at San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson, Arizona, from 1768. From the description of Diario, de las ultimas peregrinaciones del Padre Fr. Francisco Garcés, hasta la provincia del Moqui, y noticias de varias nuevas naciones exparcidas hasta el Rio Colorado en California, 1777. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699425 Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest. G...

Diáz, Juan Marcello, d. 1781.

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