A Jesuit missionary in eighteenth-century Sonora : the family correspondence of Philipp Segesser /

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"In the very last year of the seventeenth century a ten-year-old boy in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland, announced to his parents that he wanted to become a Jesuit missionary and save souls in faraway lands. Philipp Segesser got his wish when he was sent to northwestern Mexico in 1731. For the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Segesser, Philipp, 1689-1761 (Author)
Other Authors: Thompson, Raymond H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Segesser, Philipp, > 1689-1761 > Correspondence.
Segesser, Philipp, > 1689-1761
Segesser, Philipp > 1689-1761
Jesuits > Missions > Mexico > Sonora (State) > History.
Jesuits.
Segesser family > Correspondence.
Missionaries > Mexico > Sonora (State) > Biography.
Missionnaires > Mexique > Sonora (État) > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Missionaries.
Missions.
Mexico > Sonora (State)
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
History.
Personal correspondence.
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