La Reducción de guayanás del Alto Paraná
Subtitle: San Francisco de Paula
By: Jorge Francisco Machón.
Publisher: J.F. Machón
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Jardín América, Argentina]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Jesuits -- Missions -- Argentina -- History.; Jesuits -- Missions -- Paraguay -- History.; Guayana Indians -- Missions.
Description: "Documents the rather pathetic history of San Francisco de Paula, a Dominican mission founded in 1768 among the Guayanás. The mission limped along until its destruction in 1800 by hostile Tupí tribes. Entire story serves as indirect testimony to earlier Jesuit perseverance and success"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.