Life in a California Mission: Monterey in 1786 by Jean François de la Pérouse

Life in a California Mission: Monterey in 1786

Jean François de la Pérouse with Linda Yamane (Illustrator)

112 pages • first pub 1989 (view editions)

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On the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain's California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists, navigators, cartographers, illustrators, and phy...

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