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El Camino Real: MULEGE ROUTE (seen from Space)
Before 1720 (when the mission of Guadalupe de Huasinapi was founded), the Camino Real north from Loreto, Comondu and La Purisima went straight to
Mulege (founded in 1705).
Once Guadalupe and later San Ignacio was founded (in 1726) the main Camino Real route north, bi-passed Mulege for the shortest distance to all the
other northern missions.
The main Camino Real route from Loreto to San Ignacio is in pink highlighter, and the Mulege bi-pass is in blue. Because all the writings on the
Camino Real from Harry Crosby and Howard Gulick concentrated on the main route at the time of Jumipero Serra 1769, not much is found on the Mulege
route.

Harry Crosby's 1977 ECR map showing the north section of the Mulege route (south section, below):

Here is a close up of the Mulege section. Numbers indicate where the following 15 images where taken...

Only in image #6 can we see the mission road, all others are either unclear as to the age or modern roads overlay the mission road. The images do show
the terrain the Camino Real travels, however...
1) San Sebastian where the north junction is located:

2) Following Arroyo Boca de Magdalena (per Baja Almanac) as it curves northward:

3) Rancho El Llano:

4) The arroyo is curving back south here:

5) Nearing San Jose de Magdalena:

6) Nearing a ranch by the pila and ruins often called Santa Maria de Magdalena, a section of old road is seen:

7) Heading southward across the desert:

8) Entering the hills along Arroyo San Baltazar/ El Perdido:

9) Soon the route is following Arroyo Año Nuevo towards Mulege:

10) The mission of Santa Rosalia de Mulege in the distance, marked with a yellow pin:

11) Passing just east of La Trinidad, as we follow the route south:

12) A major natural barrier, the foot of the grade of Guajademi (yellow pin in distance is Guajademi):

13) Guajademi on the Camino Real between La Purisima and Mulege:

14) Following the canyon downstream:

15) Junction with the main El Camino Real at San Jose de Guajademi (San Jose de los Arces):

Key map of images (again):

Crosby's map of the south section of the Mulege ECR:

Howard Gulick's 1954 Camino Real map:

Happy (Mission) Trails everyone!
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Who would be interested in this stuff?   
ME!
Thanks
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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David K
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Thanks Neal... check out the other current El Camino Real thread where I put ALL the Camino Real maps in one place along with links to all the images
of ECR from space!
RIGHT HERE: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=39175
[Edited on 6-13-2009 by David K]
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Again....Thank you very much
Richard on the Hill
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be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Yeah, that was a cool fly-over. Thanks for the trip!
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David K
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De nada amigos!
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Interesting stuff, David. You live and breathe Baja.
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Great Post, I too love this stuff.
Thanks,
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
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This is great and we really enjoy your posts and have followed much of the Camino Real on our excursions. Question -- which is the correct
translation of Camino Real -- King's Road or Royal Road. Thanks -
[Edited on 6-14-2009 by Paulclark]
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Quote: | Originally posted by Paulclark
This is great and we really enjoy your posts and have followed much of the Camino Real on our excursions. Question -- which is the correct
translation of Camino Real -- King's Road or Royal Road. Thanks -
[Edited on 6-14-2009 by Paulclark] |
The standard explanation for any Spanish Camino Real (they are all over the world, ist that it is a royal road to bring tax revenues back to the
king... and of course serve the area for communication/ transportation/ commerce.
While the Camino Real in California (Baja California) didn't bring any or much revenue back to Spain, it was still refered to as a Camino Real by the
Jesuits before their expulsion and by the Franciscans who replaced them.
Harry Crosby is the modern-day expert on the Camino Real in Baja and he calls it 'The King's Highway'. Read more about the name in the link for
Harry's articles... http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/77winter/baja.htm
I printed out Harry's 1977 article on the other thread with all the Camino Real maps on it: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=39175
[Edited on 6-14-2009 by David K]
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