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Missions survived on trade

Posted April 16, 2010

.......This was very difficult for the Californians, as the Spanish ships from San Blas, Mexico, came up the coast  just once a year, and trade was very important to them. The missions, including La Purisima, could produce necessities for their people, but needed the ships for such items as iron goo…

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Posted in History
Tagged as california, spain, and alaska

Spain in the Revolution

Posted January 28, 2010

Spain in the Revolution « Barbaryalan's Blog
By Barbary Alan 
Since 1768, Spain had a major port and shipbuilding center at San Blas on the west coast of Mexico in addition to Acapulco. More than 20 ships plus treasure galleons operated on a regular schedule supplying Pacific Coast missions, ..…

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Tagged as spain, california, vancouver, and alaska

Where Mountains Meet The Sea: A Coastal History

Posted November 30, 2009
KnowBC: Where Mountains Meet The Sea: A Coastal History
By Daniel 
In 1768, the Spanish established a naval station at San Blas, a pestilence-ridden swamp at the mouth of a river on the west coast of Mexico. Next, they sent expeditions to San Francisco Bay and Monterey as the first stage of a p…

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Posted in History
Tagged as alaska and fuca

Alaska celebrates 230th anniversary of first Catholic Mass in the state

Posted January 5, 2009

Nearly 230 years ago, three Roman Catholic priests sailed from Mexico to Alaska where they ... barefooted, the mast in procession to the church at San Blas, ...Alaska celebrates 230th anniversary of first Catholic Mass in the state
Catholic News Agency

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Posted in History
Tagged as alaska and junipero serra

Camaraderie of sailors helped avert coastal war

Posted June 30, 2008

Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
The Spanish listed voyages of discovery out of San Blas in what is nowMexico -- and to the staking of a real claim to ownership by their military and ...

Camaraderie of sailors helped avert coastal war

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Posted in About San Blas
Tagged as vancouver, san francisco, alaska, briton, and spain
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