Ortega, Jose:

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HISTORIA DEL NAYARIT, SONORA, SINALOA Y AMBAS CALIFORNIAS. QUE CON EL TITULO DE "APOSTOLICOS AFANES DE COMPANIA DE JESUS, EN LA AMERICA SEPTENTRIONAL" SE PUBLICO ANONIMA EN BARCELONA EL AÑO DE ... Second edition, reprinting the text of the rare original edition of 1754, this edition edited by Manuel de Olaguibel. An important primary source work for the Spanish Southwest, by a Jesuit missionary and native of Tlaxcala, Father Jose Ortega. Although the work was edited by Francisco Xavier Fluvia, it is correctly attributed to Father Jose Ortega, whom Medina describes as the definite author. The work consists of three parts: Book I contains an account of the reduction and conquest of the province of Nayarit; Book II concerns the establishment, progress and decline of the "spiritual conquest" of the province of Pimeria Alta, through the death of Father Kino; and Book III contains an account of the discoveries throughout the present state of Pimeria Alta, including Father Consag's diary of travels in present-day California in 1751. Ortega describes the "barbaras costumbres, y vana Religion" of the native people in the present-day Southwest, the establishment of a few towns where many baptisms were performed, and includes a general description of the region. Interestingly, the imprint in this copy has been pasted over with a slip for J.R. Garrido y Hermano, a publisher who was active in Mexico in the early 1900s, and perhaps is who is responsible for the unusual binding."Includes mu

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