Antigua California Mission and Colony on the Peninsula Frontier, 1697-1768

First published in 1994 and now available again, this Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. Jesuit missionaries founded their first settlement in 1697 and unintentionally created a Hispanic society that outlived the missions and their Indian converts. The author brings to light Jesuit missionization and culture, European-Indian contacts, mission and presidio operations, family social life, the unique peninsular economy, and the Jesuit expulsion. Four appendices provide data on Spanish kings, royal officials, Jesuit personnel and visitors, and founders of pre-1768 peninsular California families.Crosby, Harry W. is the author of 'Antigua California Mission and Colony on the Peninsula Frontier, 1697-1768' with ISBN 9780826314956 and ISBN 0826314953.