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Missions and the frontiers of Spanish America

Comparative study of Spanish missions on the frontiers of New Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries, examining the impact of environmental, economic, political and socio-cultural variations on the development of missions in the Rio de la Plata region and on the Northern Frontier (California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and Florida).

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adult
Length
long · 592 pages

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