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1 online resource (xxxix, 336 pages .) |
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"In the very last year of the seventeenth century a ten-year-old boy in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, announced to his parents that he wanted to become a Jesuit missionary and save souls in faraway lands. Philipp Segesser got his wish when he was sent to northwestern Mexico in 1731. For the next thirty years he carried on an active correspondence with his family and religious affiliates. His letters home, translated and edited in this fascinating book, provide a frank and intimate view of missionary life on the remote northwestern frontier of New Spain. The editor's introduction sets the letters in biographical and historical context"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; The Missionary Career of Philipp Anton Segesser; About the Translation; Letters from Ingolstadt (1-9); Letters from Altötting, Straubing, and Neuburg an der Donau (10-14); Letters from Hochdorf, Constance, and Ellwangen (15-20); Letters from Genoa (21-22); Letters from Seville (23-36); Letters from Puerto de Santa María (37-41); Letters from Havana (42-44); Letters from Tepotzotlán and Durango (45-46); Letters from San Ignacio, San Xavier, and Guevavi (47-52); Letters from Tecoripa (53-61); Letters from Ures (62-76). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from German. |
| Subject |
Segesser, Philipp, 1689-1761 -- Correspondence.
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Segesser, Philipp, 1689-1761. |
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Correspondence.
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Segesser family -- Correspondence.
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Jesuits -- Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History.
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Jesuits. |
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Missions. |
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Mexico. |
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History. |
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Mexico -- Sonora (State) |
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Sageser family. |
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Segesser, Philipp 1689-1761. |
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Missionaries -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Biography.
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Missionaries. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Records and correspondence.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Thompson, Raymond H., editor.
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| Added Title |
Correspondence. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014005790
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Segesser, Philipp, 1689-1761. Correspondence. English. Jesuit missionary in eighteenth-century Sonora. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014 9780826354242 0826354246 (DLC) 2013038865 |
| ISBN |
0826354254 (electronic book) |
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9780826354259 (electronic book) |
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9780826354242 (hardback) |
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0826354246 (hardback) |
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