Al rey nuestro senor Don Carlos Tercero ... ofrece como fructo de su obediencia, y pastoral ministerio esta demostracion del vastissimo obispado de Durango, el Doctor Don Pedro Tamaron obispo de aquella diocessis del consejo de S.M. [and] el viaje que se hizo en la provincia de California al norte e

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Al rey nuestro senor Don Carlos Tercero ... ofrece como fructo de su obediencia, y pastoral ministerio esta demostracion del vastissimo obispado de Durango, el Doctor Don Pedro Tamaron obispo de aquella diocessis del consejo de S.M. [and] el viaje que se hizo en la provincia de California al norte en esta peninsula en el febrero de este ano de 1766, [ca. 1766-1767].

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Two autograph manuscripts bound in one volume. The first, authored by Tamarón Romeral, contains a description of the towns of the northern provinces of New Spain, with details on population, economic activity and production, church possessions and influences, routes and distances from other settled areas. Brief descriptions of a few pages each are given for El Paso, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Taos, including information on Native Americans, Spanish settlers, and missionaries in each place. Other regions detailed include Durango, Topia, Tepehuana, Tarahumara Alta, Chinipas, Nueva Espana, Sinaloa, and Nuevo Mexico. The second manuscript (leaves 189-202) is a diary of exploration in Baja California led by Father Wenceslaus Linck, from 20 February to 18 April 1766.

1 v. (188 l.) ; 30 cm.

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