On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer, Vol. 1 of 2: The Diary and Itinerary of Francisco GarcésThe Diario y Derrotero, or Diary and Itinerary, which the indefatigable padre kept on his long, ardu ous, and somewhat perilous journey, was fully written out by him at the Sonoran mission of Tubutama, in January, 1777. The original holograph should be extant; but I know nothing about that. Three differ ent copies or versions of the original are in my hands, two in manuscript and one in print; I will call them A, B, C, and characterize them as follows'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.