Historic churches of America : their romance and their history : An art work illustrated by etchings, photogravures and other reproductions from original drawings for this publication, by artists of reputation; together with over two hundred smaller engravings necessary to the plan of the work (1890)
Philadelphia : H.L. Everett · leaf 56
any years afterwards. In the meantime Francis Drake, in his free- booting expedition around the world, had visited California, and claimed the “New Albion,” as he called it, for Queen Elizabeth. Toward the middle of the eighteenth century the Russians were extending their dominion down the… … They were Pedro Benito Cambon and Angel Somera. At San fires Lee, Diego they were delayed by desertions of soldiers and hostile Indians. The si lected for the new mission was on the San Gabriel river, and it was on the overland route to Monterey. Quoting from Palou’s “Life of Serra:” “On the 6th of…
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