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128 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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English
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Discusses the history and importance of the Chihuahua Trail, established in the sixteenth century to connect Mexico City and Santa Fe, and the Camino Real, established in the seventeenth century to take travelers and trade up the California coastline.
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40 pages : illustrations, (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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Traces the life of the Spanish explorer and missionary who traveled to Mexico and California to teach the Indians about Christianity and who established nine missions along the California coast.
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Describes the life of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a sixteenth-century Spanish soldier and explorer who participated in the conquest of Cuba, spent time in the service of Cortes, and undertook explorations which eventually resulted in settlements in southern California.
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xv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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Explores the life of the Spanish Franciscan missionary who traveled up the Pacific coast to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism and turn them into European-style farmers and explains why he is commonly credited as the father of modern California.
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Comedy spoof of the Zorro legend focusing on the twin sons of the legendary Zorro. Soon after dashing Don Diego Vega inherits his father's famous sword and blade, a broken ankle forces him to step aside and his flamboyantly fashion-conscious twin brother must assume the secret identity of Zorro in the ongoing fight for justice.
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viii, 465 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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The narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure in the making of the American West. In the year 1749, at the age of thirty-six, Junipero Serra left his position as a highly regarded priest in Spain for the turbulent and dangerous New World, knowing he would never return. The Spanish Crown and the Catholic Church both sought expansion...
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