Title Sonora : a Description of the Province

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (348 pages) Series Century Collection Century Collection Contents Foreword, by Bernard L. Fontana; Translator's Introduction; Author's Preface; Map of Sonora; Part One; Chapter I. Location and boundaries of Sonora, in which the adjacent tribes are also described; Chapter II. Divisions of Spanish and Christian Sonora; Chapter III. Natural state, climate, and fertility of Sonora; Chapter IV. Products of the plant kingdom of Sonora; Chapter V. Products of the plant kingdom of Sonora (cont.); Chapter VI. Products of the plant kingdom of Sonora (cont.); Chapter VII. Products of the plant kingdom of Sonora (cont.) Chapter VIII. The mineral kingdom of SonoraChapter IX. The mineral kingdom of Sonora; Chapter X. The animal kingdom of Sonora; Chapter XI. The animal kingdom of Sonora (cont.); Chapter XII. The animal kingdom of Sonora (cont.); Chapter XIII. The animal kingdom of Sonora (cont.); Chapter XIV. The animal kingdom of Sonora (cont.); Chapter XV. Concerning the wild Apaches and Seris; Part Two; Introduction; Chapter I. Bodily constitution of the Sonorans; Chapter II. Disposition of the Sonorans; Chapter III. Manners and propensities of the Sonorans; Chapter IV. Some particular Sonora customs Chapter V. Dress, dwellings, and utensils of the SonoransChapter VI. Food and nourishment of the Sonorans; Chapter VII. Occupations of the Sonorans; Chapter VIII. Sonoran methods of warfare; Chapter IX. Sickness, cures, death, and burial of the Sonorans; Chapter X. The religion of the unconverted Sonorans; Chapter XI. Language of the Sonorans; Chapter XII. Conduct of the converted Sonorans, the Opatas, and Eudebes; Chapter XIII. Concerning the other converted tribes in Sonora; Chapter XIV. HIstory of the establishment of the Sonora missions Chapter XV. Internal administration of the Sonora missionsChapter XVI. Concerning the Spaniards in Sonora; Appendix A. Critique of Robertson's conclusions about conditions in Sonora; Appendix B. List of prices; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Translation of: Beschreibung der Landschaft Sonora Print version record Subject Pfefferkorn, Ignaz, 1726-1798. SUBJECT Pfefferkorn, Ignaz, 1726-1798 fast Subject Jesuits -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) SUBJECT Jesuits fast Subject Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Indians of Mexico -- Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Natural history -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Natural history -- Arizona Indians of Mexico Indians of Mexico -- Missions Natural history Travel SUBJECT Sonora (Mexico : State) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Arizona -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Subject Arizona Mexico -- Sonora (State) Genre/Form Early works Form Electronic book Author Fontana, Bernard L Treutlein, Theodore E ISBN 9780816535965 0816535965

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