Missions of Central California

by Robert A. Bellezza

Book Overview

After the discovery of Alta California, the Spanish Crown charged the first Franciscan friars to enter into the New World through Lower Baja, with a succession of conquistadors, explorers, and soldiers, on a trail called El Camino Real or "The Royal Road." The settlement began in 1769 at Mission San Diego de Alcal , a new port and military presidio with buildings of mud, brushwood, and tule grass. Fr. Jun pero Serra, the legendary mission presidente...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738596809
• ISBN13: 9780738596808
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"