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Father Junípero Serra figures prominently in the articles on the following pages concerning the backgrounds of Spanish colonization in the Californias. The contributions of this ardent missionary from Mallorca, Spain are endless. As his contemporary biographer, Francisco Palóu, wrote: "His memory shall not fail, because the works he performed when alive shall be impressed in the minds of the dwellers of this New California; despite the ravages of time, they shall not be forgotten."
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