Fray Juan Crespi

By John Bankston

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Explorers, Missionaries, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, Indians of North America, Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.), Missions, History, Franciscans, Crespí, Juan, 1721-1782 -- Juvenile literature., Spanish Missions

Description: Profiles Fray Juan Crespi, who founded the Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel by the Sea, California, and recorded his experiences as a Franciscan missionary and a member of a team of explorers.