Baja California Missions: In the Footsteps of the Padres

by Mina Sedgwick and David Burckhalter

Book Overview

Bathed in desert light and shadow, rising up from the earth in improbable, faraway places, stand eight original Spanish missions on Mexico's Baja California peninsula. Built of stone by Roman Catholic priests and indigenous laborers in the eighteenth century, these stunning missions dominate the landscape around them. Baja California Missions: In the Footsteps of the Padres is a beautiful and informative book about the eight monumental Spanish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816521190
• ISBN13: 9780816521197
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.5"