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A Jesuit missionary in eighteenth-century Sonora : the family correspondence of Philipp Segesser / edited by Raymond H. Thompson ; translated by Werner S. Zimmt and Robert E. Dahlquist.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Segesser, Philipp, 1689-1761.
- Standardized Title:
- Correspondence. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missionaries--Mexico--Sonora (State)--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- Jesuits--Missions--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History.
- Jesuits.
- Segesser, Philipp, 1689-1761--Correspondence.
- Segesser, Philipp.
- Sageser family--Correspondence.
- Sageser family.
- Segesser family--Correspondence.
- Segesser family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (378 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque, New Mexico : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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 next thirty years he carried on an active correspondence with his family and religious affiliates. His letters home, translated and edited in this fascinating book, provide a frank and intimate view of missionary life on the remote northwestern frontier of New Spain. The editor's introduction sets the letters in biographical and historical context"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; The Missionary Career of Philipp Anton Segesser; About the Translation; Letters from Ingolstadt (1-9); Letters from Altötting, Straubing, and Neuburg an der Donau (10-14); Letters from Hochdorf, Constance, and Ellwangen (15-20); Letters from Genoa (21-22); Letters from Seville (23-36); Letters from Puerto de Santa María (37-41); Letters from Havana (42-44); Letters from Tepotzotlán and Durango (45-46); Letters from San Ignacio, San Xavier, and Guevavi (47-52); Letters from Tecoripa (53-61); Letters from Ures (62-76)
- ReferencesIndex; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780826354259
- 0826354254
- OCLC:
- 870226100
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