Cabo San Lucas 1950’s
Padre Ignacio Tirsch circa 1762
The following is a quote from this site. https://gardenhistorygirl.blogspot.com/2011/04/garden-history-images-of-week-mexican.html
“These images are so beautiful that they actually make me feel the pangs of nostalgia–for a Mexico I never saw and never will see. Circa 1762, they are the work of Father Ignacio Tirsch, Jesuit missionary to the Baja peninsula, who over the five years of his sojourn there created a portfolio of forty-eight drawings rich in garden history; recording both productive and decorative landscapes, as well as native flora. The entire volume–architecture, costumes, flora and fauna–is a treasure of the Czech National Library, online at manuscriptorium (click on ‘facsimile’ to see the images).”
Title: TIRSCH, Ignác
Title: CODEX PICTORICUS MEXICANUS
https://v2.manuscriptorium.com/apps/main/en/index.php?request=request_document&docId=rep_remake81&mode=&client=
Antigua California by Harry W. Crosby
Antigua California: Mission and Colony on
the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768
by Harry W. Crosby
(University of Arizona Southwest Center Book)
Hardcover – May 1, 1994
The photo on the cover is a watercolor facsimile of the original art, by Joanne Haskell Crosby, depicting San Jose del Cabo, based on the original drawings of Padre Ignacio Tirsch.
First published in 1994 and now available again, this Spanish Borderlands classic recounts Jesuit colonization of the Old California, the peninsula now known as Baja California. Jesuit missionaries founded their first settlement in 1697 and unintentionally created a Hispanic society that outlived the missions and their Indian converts. The author brings to light Jesuit missionization and culture, European-Indian contacts, mission and presidio operations, family social life, the unique peninsular economy, and the Jesuit expulsion.
The following are quotes from customer comments on Amazon.com
“For a scholar, the book is eminently useful: full of maps, chronological tables of people and places, explanations of systems and bureaucracies. For the history buff, it is a dream of readability and detail.”
“A chemistry teacher turned archeologist, anthropologist and historical researcher, Crosby’s book is without question a serious scholarly work but reads as easily as a novel. ”
Order this book from Amazon.com.
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826314953/qid=1003562918/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_15_1/002-2424968-0984048
Videos of Los Cabos
Links to videos of the Cabo San Lucas and Los Cabos area.
Historia Grafica de Los Cabos, Mexico
Hermelida Vargas – Fotos y gráficas de diferentes archivos que muestran pasajes de la historia de mi bella tierra.
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Old Cabo San Lucas
Published on Aug 5, 2013 – Great pictures of old Cabo, some from my own collection and others shared from the internet. Enjoy the experience and feel of a long gone era.
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CABO SAN LUCAS EN LOS 40’s
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