El paso por tierra al California
By: Gabriel Gómez Padilla
Series: Biografía documental de Eusebio Francisco Kino SJ -- tomo 4
Publisher: Secretaría de Educación y Cultura del Estado de Sonora, Instituto Sonorense de Cultura; Imagen Digital del Noroeste
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Hermosillo
Language: spa
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9786079490065
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Missionaries; Biography; History; Description and travel; Travel
Description: History of eight expeditions by Spanish missionary, explorer, and royal cartographer for northwestern Mexico (1645-1711), based on primary sources. Kino documented land conection between California and rest of North America and disproved Francis Drake's assertion that he had sailed completely around "great island". Documents cited liberally in this text also illustrate friendship between Kino and various colonial officials and other missionaries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-437).