Unknown Arizona and Sonora 1693-1721 from the Francisco Fernandez Del Castillo Version of Luz De Tierra Incognita de Manje, Captain Juan Mateo, Harry J. Karns, Translator - 1954

Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes, 1954, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is #916. 303pp., index, maps, fold-out map - back pocket, b&w photographs. "The diary of Captain Juan Mateo Manje tells of seven of the nine trips of exploration he made with Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino to establish missions among the hostile Indians on the northern frontier of New Spain - a land unknown." Bound in black cloth lettered in gilt, , spine letteing gilt, a near fine copy in near fine clipped pictorial dust jacket, previous owner's bookplate.