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Burrus: Kino - Cartography, Northwestern New Spain
Burrus: Kino - Cartography, Northwestern New Spain
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Author: Burrus, Ernest J.
Title: Kino and the Cartography of Northwestern New Spain
Place Published: [Tucson]
Publisher:Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society
Date Published: 1965
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[7], 104 pp. Frontispiece portrait; maps and plates throughout. (Folio), original red cloth, gilt stamped on cover and spine. One of 750 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. First Edition.



Important account of the cartographic accomplishments of Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuit missionary who explored Pimeria Alta (northern Sonora and southern Arizona) and founded several missions in the region. His map of Baja California, "Passage par terre a la Californie," published in Paris in 1705, is the earliest extant depiction of the Gila River, the Colorado River, and southern Arizona, based on first-hand observation.

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Light soiling of covers, touch of rubbing; near fine.
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