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Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with a pithy account that delves into the conquer-and-cash-in strategy of Spanish exploration, it then nicely outlines what missions are (essentially small villages), who built them (priests and soldiers), and why they were built (to convert the natives and control the land). With an evenhanded tone, Perritano also touches on important Spanish priests (both admirable and despicable), Native revolts, and various missions in what is now Mexico...
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