![[ORTEGA, José; Juan Antonio BALTASAR; Eusebio Francisco KINO; Francisco Javier FLUVIÁ; and Juan Francisco LÓPEZ]. Apostolicos Afanes de la Compañia de Jesus, escritos pour un Padre de la Misma Sagrada Religion de su Provincia de Mexico. Barcelona: Pablo Nadal, 1754.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02622_0098_000(ortega_jose_juan_antonio_baltasar_eusebio_francisco_kino_francisco_jav072328).jpg?w=1)
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[ORTEGA, José; Juan Antonio BALTASAR; Eusebio Francisco KINO; Francisco Javier FLUVIÁ; and Juan Francisco LÓPEZ]. Apostolicos Afanes de la Compañia de Jesus, escritos pour un Padre de la Misma Sagrada Religion de su Provincia de Mexico. Barcelona: Pablo Nadal, 1754.
4o (200 x 144 mm). Contemporary vellum, ties.
FIRST EDITION. "Important and highly esteemed work" (Palau), and a prime source of the discoveries of Fathers Fernando Consag (1732-1758) and Eusebio Franciso Kino (1687-1702) in Arizona and California. Kino crossed the Gila and traveled by land to California, concluding that California was not an island. According to Bancroft, "The best account of this trip is in the Apostolicos Afanes." In all, Kino undertook more than fifty journeys by horse and on foot. Consag, in 1746, navigated the entire coast of the Golfo de California, proving indisputably that Baja California was a peninsula. Bancroft, North Mexico & Texas, I:498; Barrett, Baja California, 1918; Graff 3132; Howes )-127; Palau 204880; Sabin 57680; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 128.
4o (200 x 144 mm). Contemporary vellum, ties.
FIRST EDITION. "Important and highly esteemed work" (Palau), and a prime source of the discoveries of Fathers Fernando Consag (1732-1758) and Eusebio Franciso Kino (1687-1702) in Arizona and California. Kino crossed the Gila and traveled by land to California, concluding that California was not an island. According to Bancroft, "The best account of this trip is in the Apostolicos Afanes." In all, Kino undertook more than fifty journeys by horse and on foot. Consag, in 1746, navigated the entire coast of the Golfo de California, proving indisputably that Baja California was a peninsula. Bancroft, North Mexico & Texas, I:498; Barrett, Baja California, 1918; Graff 3132; Howes )-127; Palau 204880; Sabin 57680; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 128.