John M
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Baja California Missions - In the Footsteps of the Padres
A recent publication of the University of Arizona Press in their Southwest Center Series. 150+ pages, in softcover.
A really nice book presents a short history of Lower California. The primary focus of the book, however, is a photo essay of the eight still-standing
Spanish Period stone missions. Numerous interior photographs with descriptive text. I'm glad my wife found and bought it for our Baja collection!
About $20 on Amazon.
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David K
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Nice cover shot showing the northernmost stone California mission standing.
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Looks like a great book --- that cover photo is a real winner. Absolutely one of the best I have ever seen of San Borja ---- one of those that makes
one say, gee, I wish I had taken that one. 
You say there is a short history. Is the history just a narrative of the founding of the missions, or does it get into the impact the missions had on
the native populations.
I look forward to seeing the other photos. Thanks for sharing this.
[Edited on 8-12-2013 by DianaT]
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Nice, thanks
Gonna need this one 
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That is a nice cover shot.
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The Baja mission book that really details what impact the Spanish occupation had on the natives is Dave Werschkul's 'Saints and Demons in a Desert
Wilderness'. Available on Amazon and other sites.
San Borja also the cover photo!
[Edited on 8-13-2013 by David K]
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| Quote: | You say there is a short history. Is the history just a narrative of the founding of the missions, or does it get into the impact the missions had on
the native populations.
I look forward to seeing the other photos. Thanks for sharing this. |
Yes Diana, a brief history - several pages devoted to a couple of topics, i.e., Cortes, early attempts at colonization, Baja California geography -
but the text is really devoted to the photo essay of the eight missions. Very nice outside images as well as close-up detail of early artwork and
interiors (18th century art for the most part) that is extant.
There are references to the several small pox crises that took place in the mid 1780s. But, as my initial post indicated it is a study of the
buildings and artwork, leaving the ethnography to others - as the work David K cited.
John M
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Thanks John,
That cover photo really sells the book.
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It is a great photo, indeed.
One of our reviewers suggested a single mission photo for our book cover... Max liked the multiple photos as the book covers all the California
missions, and their style and condition are so drastically varied.
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Mine arrived today...
Nice photos... and I like the book, but have seen some misinformation on history and road directions after taking a quick look. I will still recommend
it as a nice addition to anyone's Baja collection.
Baja California Missions is really about the 8 standing stone missions on the peninsula: Loreto, San Javier, Mulege, Comondu, San Ignacio, San Luis
Gonzaga, Santa Gertrudis, and San Borja with some history and mention of other mission sites with maps showing approx. locations of mission sites (La
Pasion and Santa Catalina are a ways off target).
I will suggest (naturally) to use our book 'The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834' to have the mission founding and location
details along with the new book 'Baja California Missions' and Ed Vernon's 2002 'Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California,
1683-1855' for beautiful photos of the missions.
Remember to use my free mission data web pages for your research as well... http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions for all 27 Baja missions, many visitas, and GPS + satellite location images.
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We have this book in stock here our shop in San Jose.
It is not available on our website.
The photos are spectacular.
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Been taking some time to read the text and am enjoying the story of the Spanish conquest with more details on the pre 1697 voyages...
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David. I hate to differ with you, but I would say that two of my books say a bit more about what happened to the native population of Baja California:
http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Population-Decline-Northwestern...
http://www.amazon.com/Missions-Frontiers-Spanish-America-Soc...
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David K
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Oh you are so correct, I only mentioned one book that talks about native hardships but didn't mean that to be the only book. Your academic
publications are the evidence in print! Thank you Robert!
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Oh you are so correct, I only mentioned one book that talks about native hardships but didn't mean that to be the only book. Your academic
publications are the evidence in print! Thank you Robert!
Note again (as with the other two above) that San Borja is the mission pictured on the front cover!
[Edited on 9-8-2013 by David K]
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