Excerpt from Los Angeles: A Guide Book<br><br>Baja, or Lower California. Apparently barren and un productive, was prospering under the rule Of the Jesuits and Dominicans, but by order Of His Most Catholic Majesty, Carlos III the Jesuits were removed from power, and the Franciscans were given Alta California for their territory, with Baja California left in the control Of the Dominicans.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.