ANZA AND THE NORTHWEST FRONTIER OF NEW SPAIN
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Robert Heizer and signed by J.N. Bowman on the front flyleaf. Interesting account of the discovery and formal reinterment of the remains of the Spanish soldier, explorer, and colonizer Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-88) in the one-time cathedral and now parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Southwest Museum Papers, Number Twenty. Tall octavo: 182 p. with a frontispiece, 16 plates, 2 maps, and 6 figures. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Better than very good. Very good. Item #74299
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