1781 Famed CALIFORNIA Kino MAP 1701 Jesuit Voyages Missions Brazil Argentina USA

1781 Famed CALIFORNIA Kino MAP 1701 Jesuit Voyages Missions Brazil Argentina USA

The ‘Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses’ is a collection of reports and letters from Jesuit missions from around the world. It is a key and important source of information for the history of Catholic missions and missionaries through the 18^th-century.

This particular volume contains information on Jesuit missions in South America including voyages in Baja California, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. It also contains thorough descriptions of the Amazon River and the north coast of Brazil and Eusebio Kino’s voyages to determine if California was an island. This voyage proved the myth of Island of California but also proved highly profitably to the Jesuits after the publishing of the map in 1705.

Item number: #25777

Price: $1500

Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des missions étrangeres.

A Paris, chez J.G Merigot, Libraire, 1781. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages;
  • 424
  • 5 folding maps:
    • Map of Baja California
    • Coast of Peru and Chile
    • Map of Terre del Fuego / Strait of Magellan
    • Amazon River / Northern Brazil
    • Mission of the Moxes
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
  • Very rare and desirable

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