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(MEXICO--1752.) Villavicencio, Juan José. Vida, y virtudes de . . . Padre Juan de Ugarte . . . missionero de las islas Californias. [12], 214, [2] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; bottom edge of title page restored with slight loss to border, faint dampstaining on last 4 leaves; inked library stamp on title and page 33, small inked "MM" stamp on verso of title page. México: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1752
A life of the Jesuit missionary Juan de Ugarte, who first came to lower California from 1700 and died there in 1730. He is best known for his expedition to the northern end of the Gulf, which helped to prove that California was not an island--discussed here in Chapter 15. Cowan 1933, page 661; Howes V104 ("c"); Medina, México 4105; Palau 368935; Sabin 99694; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 126.
