Sentence examples for chain of missions from inspiring English sources
It sprang up near Mission Dolores, the sixth in the chain of missions founded by Father Junipero Serra, and by 1900 it was a posh district where wealthy residents built mansions and summer homes.
In the Amazon River basin, Father António Vieira became the centre of a somewhat similar conflict in the 17th century, when he established a chain of missions there.
A chain of missions and small forts extending northward from Mexico along the Santa Cruz River valley was established by 1700.
Thus the first stages of the northward journey of the founders of California were made through a province where peaceable natives and a chain of missions and mission farms reduced the hazards of the march. 1 Lowery, Spanish Settlements, vol. I p400.
They built a chain of missions up and down the coast and planted vineyards at key locations.
This time, the military expedition was accompanied by Franciscan missionaries, whose purpose was to establish a chain of missions to bring Christianity to the native people.
The nearby Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (founded in 1798 and the 18th in the California chain of 21 missions) has been restored.
It grew up as a farming centre around the mission of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (for St . Louis bishop of Toulouse), founded in 1772 by Junípero Serra as the fifth in the California chain of 21 missions.
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded in 1771 by Father Junípero Serra and the fourth in the California chain of 21 missions, was moved 4.5 miles (7 km) to its present site in 1775.
The affected sentence should have read, "Almonds were first brought to the state in the 18th century, by the Franciscan padres who founded the chain of coastal missions, but the trees suffered in the misty, moist conditions near the Pacific, and only a hundred years later were successfully planted inland".
Almonds were first brought to the state in the 18th century, by the Franciscan padres who founded the chain of coastal missions, but the trees suffered in the misty, moist conditions near the Pacific, and only a hundred later were successfully planted inland.
