founding of the first California missions under the spiritual guidance of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra
Subtitle: an historical account of the expeditions sent by land and sea in the year 1769
By: as told by Fray Francísco Palóu, and hitherto unpublished letters of Serra, Palóu and Galvéz: the whole newly translated and arranged as a consecutive narrative, with the aid of Thomas W. Temple II, by Douglas S. Watson; to which is added the account of Serra's death inscribed by Fray Francisco Palóu in the Book of the dead at Carmel mission.
Contributors: Gálvez, José de, 1720-1787; Watson, Douglas S. ed. and tr.; Temple, Thomas Workman, 1905-1972 joint ed. and tr.
Publisher: Printed at the Nueva California press
Published: 1934
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Serra, Junípero, -- 1713-1784; Franciscans -- California; Missions -- California; Portolá's Expedition, Calif., 1769-1770; California -- History -- To 1846
Other titles: Expedition into California of the Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra and his companions in the year 1769
Notes: "One thousand copies of this book were printed ... in the year of the 150th anniversary of the death of Padre Fray Junípero Serra."

Includes excerpts from Palou's books, "Noticias de la Nueva California" and "Relacion historica de la vida y apostolicas tareas del venerable padre fray Junipero Serra."

Published also in an edition of 400 numbered copies, printed on watermarked paper, with four facsimiles, under title: The expedition into California of the Venerable Padre Fray Junípero Serra and his companions in the year 1769.