Title: Observations in Lower California /
Authors: Baegert, Jacob,; Brandenburg, M. M.; Baumann, Carl,; Goetz, John B.,
Date: 1952
Publisher: University of California Press,
Physical description: xx, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: Table of contents: Translators' introduction -- Father Baegert's introduction -- Of California itself, its characteristics, climate, and products -- Of the inhabitants of California -- Of the arrival of the Spaniards, introduction of the Christian faith, and of the missions -- False reports about California and the Californians -- False reports about the missionaries in Baja California, 1697-1768 -- Translator's notes.
Notes: Translation of: Nachrichten von der amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien. "Designed by John B. Goetz." "After almost two decades (1751-1768) spent in missionary labors among the Indians of Baja California, the Jesuit father, Johann Jakob Baegert, returned to Europe. He occupied his leisure in the last four years of his life in writing a realistic and firsthand account of the California he knew. His Nachrichten von der amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien was first published at Mannheim, Germany, in 1771, and Father Baegert lived just long enough to make some corrections and additions for the second edition of his famous book in 1772. The present work is the first complete English translation of the original German text"--Page v. Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket. Added copy of front matter, pages xx and [1-2], laid in.
Subject headings (LCSH): Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula); Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula); Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Baja California.; Indians of Mexico--Missions--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula); Jesuits--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula); Jesuits--Mexico--Baja California.