Life in a California Mission HISTORY / Native American author of A State of

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Life in a California Mission HISTORY / Native American author of A State ofA rare and detailed account of the first California colonial settlements and the lives of Natives Peoples affected by the Spanish missions. On the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain's California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists, navigators, cartographers, illustrators, and physicians. For the next ten days the commander of this expedition,