Sonora : A Description of the Province
by Pfefferkorn, Ignaz
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 1949. Hardcover. VG/very good. Translated and annotated by Theodore E. Treutlein. 329 pp. index 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. .Volume 12 of the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, 1540-1940 edited by George P. Hammond. Pfefferkorn was a Jesuit missionary among the Pima, Opata, and Eudebe Indians in Sonora for eleven years, returning to Germany after the expulsion of the Jesuits from America. His famous Description of the Province of Sonora, first published at Cologne in 1794-95 and translated here for the first time, is among the most important documents we have on Northwestern Mexico in the middle eighteenth century. It comprises a remarkable digest of information on the Indian tribes, their modes of living, their houses, utensils, occupations, language, religion and customs, and also the climate, environment, minerals, and missions of the region. Spine slightly faded az18xx
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- Title
- Sonora : A Description of the Province
- Author
- Pfefferkorn, Ignaz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
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- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Borderlands Mexico Sonora Missions
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