The Land of Sunshine continues its good work in publishing important documents selected from the sources of Southwestern history. The June and July numbers (Vol. XIV, No. 6, and Vol. XV, No. 1) contain a translation of the Diario of Alferez Don Miguel Costansó, which is an account of the joint land and sea expedition made to California in 1769 and 1770 under the direction of Señor Don Joseph de Galvez. Costansó was an engineer and was cosmographer for the expedition, and thus writes from the non-ecclesiastical standpoint. On page 478 of the June number is printed a fac-simile of the title page of the Diario.

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"The Land of Sunshine", Volume 005, Number 2, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 161. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v005/n2/review_10.html
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