1713-1784

Traces the life of the Spanish explorer and missionary who traveled to Mexico and California to teach the Indians about Christianity and who established nine missions along the California coast.

Focuses on the achievements of the eighteenth-century Spanish missionary who was one of the early explorers of California.

Describes the life of Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish priest who established missions in California in the late eighteenth century, and discusses the lack of understanding between him and the Indians he came to convert.

Chronicles the story of how a collection of eighteenth century writers, scholars, and scientists produced the twenty-seven volume "Encyclopedia" by challenging the ideas of the day, encouraging rationalism, free thinking, and secularism and thereby sparking the movement called the Enlightenment.

A biography of the Franciscan priest-explorer who was instrumental in the development of missions in California in the eighteenth century.

Focuses on the achievements of the eighteenth-century Spanish missionary who was one of the early explorers of California.

Describes the beginning of the Spanish mission system in California, its expansion, and the effects of the missions on the native peoples of that area.

Describes the Enlightenment period of the eighteenth century and the works of French philosopher and father of the encyclopedia, Denis Diderot, and includes short profiles of other important figures who influenced English philosophy such as Voltaire, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Traces the life of the Spanish explorer and missionary who traveled to Mexico and California to teach the Indians about Christianity and who established nine missions along the California coast.

A discussion of visual thinking, looking at diagrams as tools for blurring the boundaries between words and pictures and formulas and figures.