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Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Formats
Description
Charts the histories of the California missions of San Antonio de Padua, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, and San Miguel Archangel, and briefly describes the life of the inland valley Indian tribes, many of whom were Salinan, before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Description
Traces the history of this California mission with reference to the Spanish explorers, Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries, Ohlone Indians, and its secularization by the state. Also available as an eBook.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 25 cm.
Description
Charts the histories of the missions of San Gabriel Arcangel, San Buenaventura, and San Fernando Rey de Espana, and briefly describes life among the Tongva (Gabrielino) and Chumash Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 25 cm.
Description
Charts the histories of the missions of San Francisco de Asis, Santa Clara, San Jose, San Rafael Arcangel, and San Francisco Solano, and briefly describes life among the Ohlone and Coast Miwok Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
562 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Idealistic, misguided Morten Falck is a newly ordained priest sailing to Greenland in 1787 to convert the Inuit to the Danish church. A rugged outpost battered by unremittingly harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is simmering with the threat of dissent: natives from neighboring villages have unified to reject Danish rule and establish their own settlement atop Eternal Fjord. As Falck becomes involved with those in his care--his ambitious catechist, a lonely...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Description
Discusses the Mission Santa Ba?rbara from its founding in 1786 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Chumash Indians. Also available as an eBook.
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