History of Early Arizona/Sonora Through the Lens of the German-Speaking Jesuits
History of Early Arizona/Sonora Through the Lens of the German-Speaking Jesuits
The early history of Sonora/Arizona was deeply determined by the Jesuit Order. Padre Eusebio Kino arrived here in 1692 and died in 1711. Subsequently, a large number of German-speaking Jesuit missionaries arrived here, and many of them left highly fascinating reports, letters, diaries, maps, and encyclopedias behind (in German!). This talk deals with those missionaries […]