Answer to Question #116829 in English for Rubi Lopez

Question

Throughout his account, fray Jupinero Serra gives detailed information about the terrain and other natural features of the country he was exploring. What does his choice of details reveal about the purpose of his expedition?

Answer 1

Being a Franciscan priest, Junipero Serra is known as the founding father and revered Patron Saint of California as well as the Hispanic Americans. His choice of details all through the expedition was purposed to illustrate the extensive exploitation of natural resources, indigenous people slavery and genocide during his expedition to fortify California. Moreover, Serra's choice of details also revealed

that the primary purpose of the expedition was not only to evangelize the indigenous/native population but also educate, civilize and support their settlement and transformation in California.