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Description

Fine late 18th Century manuscript map showing the Missions of California and important routes.

The map would appear to pre-date the Mission Santa Ines, founded in 1804. One of the most important features is the note below the Colorado River which shows "Mision quemados" (Burned Mission). This is a reference to the Mission San Pedro y San Pablo, established by Fray Francisco Garces in 1780 among the Yuma Indians on the west bank of Colorado River, near the site of modern Fort Defiance (Pilot Knob), about 10 miles south of Yuma. On July 17-19, 1781, the mission was sacked and burned by the natives, about 50 Spaniards, including Garces, three other friars, and Capt. Rivera y Moncada were killed, and the women and children made captives.

The map includes an annotation "Rumbos de los P.P. Dominicos" (Course of the Dominican Fathers), showing the route taken by Anza's expedition from the Gila River, across the Colorado River and on to San Diego. A similar note shows the "Rumba de los P.P. ac S. Fernando" (the Route of Ferdinand Fathers). Below the Colorado River a note shows "Mision quemados" (Burned Mission).

Missions in California and the Northern Baja located include:

  • San Francisco (1776)
  • San Josep (San Jose - 1797)
  • Santa Clara (1777)
  • Santa Cruz (1791)
  • San Carlos de Monterey (1770)
  • La Soledad (1791)
  • San Antonio (1771)
  • San Miguel (1797)
  • San Luis (Obispo - 1772)
  • La Purisima (1787)
  • Santa Barabara (1786)
  • San Buenaventura (1782)
  • San Fernando (1797)
  • San Gabriel (1771)
  • San Juan Capistrano (1776)
  • San Luis Rey (1798)
  • San Diego (1769)