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Spanish Missions in California
An ca. 1791 illustration of the reception of Jean-François de Laperouse at Mission Carmel in present-day Carmel, California in 1786.

An ca. 1791 illustration of the reception of Jean-François de Laperouse at Mission Carmel in present-day Carmel, California in 1786.

Jean-François de Laperouse was a French explorer who arrived in Monterey Bay on September 14, 1786, the first non-Spanish visitor in California after the Spanish missions were established. While visiting Spanish settlements, he observed firsthand the treatment of Native American populations there and compared one mission to a “slave colony.”

Citation Information
Cardero, José, “[The reception of Jean-Francois de la Perouse at Mission Carmel in 1786, California],” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/1379b3779e8d9758fc76c3f2fb420860.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library.

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A carved portrait of Gaspar de Portolá, commander of the Spanish expedition that established Alta California.
An excerpt from the diary of Gaspar de Portolá during the California expedition of 1769-1770.
A map of Gaspar de Portolá’s route from San Diego to San Luis Obispo in 1769, projected on a modern map.
A portrait of Father Junípero Serra, who traveled with Gaspar de Portolá on the 1769 mission to Alta California.
A map of California missions prior to secularization, 1829.
An inventory page of mission property at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, 1770.
A drawing by Father Englehart of a mission asistencia (a small mission without its own priest) outside present-day San Diego, ca. 1780.
A 1791 drawing of Mission Carmel in present-day Carmel, California.
An ca. 1791 illustration of the reception of Jean-François de Laperouse at Mission Carmel in present-day Carmel, California in 1786.
An illustration of Spanish missionaries baptizing Native Americans in Alta California, excerpted from San Juan Capistrano Mission.
An illustration of Native Americans dancing at the mission in San Jose, California, ca. 1805.
An 1816 painting, “Danse des Californiens” (Dance of Californians), showing Native Americans dancing at Mission San Francisco de Asis.
A painting of Mission Carmel by Oriana Day, 1834.
A photograph of a group of Native Americans and teachers at Mission San Diego, ca. 1880.
A photograph of wooden crosses in the cemetery at Mission Asistencia de San Antonio de Pala, Pala, CA, ca. 1898.

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