Venegas, Miguel:

$12,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

EL APOSTOL MARIANO REPRESENTADO EN LA VIDA DEL V.P. JUAN MARIA DE SALVATIERRA, DE LA COMPANIA DE JESUS, FERVOROSO MISSIONERO EN LA PROVINCIA DE NUEVA-ESPANA, Y CONQUISTADOR APOSTOLICO DE LAS ... An important source for the early history of the Spanish in Lower California. Padre Salvatierra was the founder of the first mission in Lower California when he crossed the Gulf of California from the Sinaloa coast in 1697. This account provides a fascinating look at the work of a pioneering missionary in Baja California. "Father Salvatierra was an Italian, born in Milan of an Italian mother and a Spanish father...in 1666 he entered the Company of Jesus, and in 1675 arrived in Mexico, in company with Father Juan Baptista Zappa. After completing his studies in Mexico he was sent to the Sinaloa missions, and after ten years' service became visitador of the province. The first thing that occurred was the uprising of the Pima Indians in 1690. According to Venegas, Salvatierra began to plan the conversion of California on the occasion when he met Father Kino in Sonora...he took up in earnest his plan of converting California and had the good fortune to encounter Pedro Gil de la Sierpe, a man of means, who embraced the scheme with enthusiasm. Finally, together with Father Ugarte, he managed to raise sufficient money to undertake the expedition. In consequence he left for California early in 1697..." - Wagner.

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