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| Other authors / contributors: | Brandenburg, M. M. (Maria Magdalena), trl.
Baumann, Carl L. (Carl Leo), 1901-1990, trl.
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| Notes: | Translation of: Nachrichten von der amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien.
"After almost two decades (1751-1768) spent in missionary labors among the Indians of Baja California, the Jesuit father, Johann Jakob Baegert, returned to Europe. He occupied his leisure in the last four years of his life in writing a realistic and firsthand account of the California he knew. His Nachrichten von der amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien was first published at Mannheim, Germany, in 1771, and Father Baegert lived just long enough to make some corrections and additions for the second edition of his famous book in 1772. The present work is the first complete English translation of the original German text"--Page v.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available online.
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| Other form: | Online version: Baegert, Jacob, 1717-1772. Nachrichten von der amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien. English. Observations in Lower California. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1952
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