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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser. To get started finding A Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser. To get started finding A Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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