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| "Pathfinders
& Mission Builders of the Frontiers in New
Spain" by Eddie Martinez |
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| Since
the mid-16th century, when Juan Rodeiguez
Cabrillo explored the coastal shores of Alta
California, the region became the New Spanish
frontier for the future settlements of Franciscan
missions, military presidios, and family communities. |
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Researched
& Illustrated by Eddie Martinez/© 2004
All rights reserved. |
| In 1683, Jesuit missionary
Eusebio Francisco Kino, as the appointed royal
cosmographer, explored Baja California and
the Sea of Cortez. After failed settlements,
Father Kino traveled north from Sonora where
he explored and founded missions in Primeria
Alta Frontera until 1711. |
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