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Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California [Hardcover]

Edward W. Vernon (Author)
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December 31, 2002

Las Misiones Antiguas is a photographic journey and written record of every peninsular mission and several visitas of Baja California. Each site was photographed and it's position recorded using a G. P. S. instrument. The description of each mission includes oral history from area residents. Sketches record the configuration of sites not previously mapped, and in the case of the largest Baja California mission, Comondú, the foundation was traced and old photographs were utilized to generate a computer model.

This information was combined with historic photographs of many of the sites. More than 300 graphic images and a description of the history and major events at the sites make this book the most comprehensive source of information on these fascinating and rapidly deteriorating architectural treasures.


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The structures detailed in this book are rapidly deteriorating architectural treasures. The most comprehensive source of information on the fascinating peninsular missions and several visitas of Baja California, the content includes oral history from area residents, sketches, old photographs and computer-generated models of what used to be.

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The structures detailed in this book are rapidly deteriorating architectural treasures. The most comprehensive source of information on the fascinating peninsular missions and several visitas of Baja California, the content includes oral history from area residents, sketches, old photographs, and computer-generated models of what used to be.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 327 pages
  • Publisher: Edward W. Vernon (December 31, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0826331106
  • ISBN-13: 978-0826331106
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 11.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful photographic study, March 30, 2004
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A beautiful 300-page book on the missions of Baja California. Scores of color photographs make it delight to peruse. The historical anecdotes, and the great maps and plans, and older black-and-white pictures enhance the reading experience and help convey how the missions grew, flourished, and in some cases returned to the rocks and soil from which they came. This is such a detailed and impressive labor of love and such a sincere work of scholarship, I have no trouble forgiving the author his few typos or locational inaccuracies. The book will long grace my coffee table and delight and inspire my Baja aficionado friends. I have visited many of these Baja missions and look forward now to visiting the rest
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Don't get lost, November 15, 2003
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I would truly like to honor the authors effort by giving this book five stars, but can unfortunately not do so, due to inaccuracies that I find significant.
This book is written by a dedicated author and obviously designed for anyone who would like to visit the remains of the Baja Missions. In order to do so Mr. Vernon provides GPS data, which would be great if they would be accurate.
I have not yet visited any of the described sites, but noticed during the lecture of the book that some GPS data are far from where the Missions are placed on the books map. Mission San Francisco de Borja for example is according to the coordinates in the book located on the Mexican mainland and not on the Baja Peninsula. Visita de la Presentacion, too is marked on the books map far from the given longitude and latitude. This of course makes me wonder how many other coordinates are faulty. Minor errors may be undetectable on the map, but can be quite aggravating on site I suppose.
Still I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Missions of Baja California. Just don't rely on it when you want to go there.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Baja Missions, May 24, 2007
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A very good guide to the missions of Baja. Have had very little problem finding the missions from the coordinates given in the book. Excellent photography.
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