Search Results for: San Francisco Bay Area Missions

Go back in time to learn more about the Spanish missionaries who came to California in the 1700s and how the mission system shaped California's history. Each bo

On the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain's California colonies. Abo

This book is part of the series published by the Center of Diaspora and Relational Research. It covers the history of Chinese diaspora and development of Chines

In this finely crafted study Quincy Newell examines the complexity of cultural contact between Franciscans and the native populations at Mission San Francisco.