The Missions of Northern Sonora: A 1935 Field Documentation

by Scofield Delong and Buford L. Pickens

Book Overview

The Spanish missions founded by Padre Eusebio Kino in Sonora, Mexico, during the 1690s and early 1700s are historical as well as architectural marvels. Once self-supporting villages with central churches, the missions stand today as monuments to perseverance in the face of a hostile New World.

These "Kino Missions" were surveyed in 1935 by the National Park Service to prepare for the restoration of the mission at Tumacacori, Arizona,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816513562
• ISBN13: 9780816513567
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.3"