The Famous Missions of California
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Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on ornithology and novels, and other books of far ranging interest. This is a short overview, which he calls a sketch, of the California Missions starting with the first travels of Father Junipero Serra to their time of declining influence.
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William Henry Hudson
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William Henry Hudson known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was the son of Daniel Hudson and his wife Catherine (n&ea...
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