Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo/Gallery
(PD) Painting: Alexander Harmer
Gaspar de Portolà arrives in Monterey in 1769.
(PD) Painting: Léon Trousset
Father Serra celebrates the first mass on the shore of Monterey Bay on June 3, 1770.
(PD) Drawing: José Cardero
French Explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse is received at Mission Carmel in 1786.
(PD) Drawing: Thomas de Suria
Costanoans fight a Spanish soldier in 1791.
(PD) Drawing: José Cardero
A native of the Monterey area. The Costanoan people spoke eight languages, each of which is considered to designate a different tribelet.
© Painting: Chesley Bonestell
The Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo complex depicted as it may have looked at the height of the Mission Period.
(PD) Drawing: John Sykes / U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collection
A drawing of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo depicts the grounds as they appeared in November, 1792. From A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World.
(PD) Drawing: John Sykes / U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collection
A drawing of The Presidio of Monterey as prepared depicts the "royal fort" as it appeared in November, 1792. From A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World.
(PD) Painting: Frederick William Beechey
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in 1827.
(PD) Drawing: Alexander Harmer
Governor José Figueroa and the Zacatecan Franciscans land at Monterey, January 15, 1833.
(PD) Painting: Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace
A rear view of the compound at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in 1839.
(PD) Painting: Henry Chapman Ford
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in ruins, circa 1880-1881.
(PD) Photo: Carleton Watkins
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in ruins, circa 1883.
(PD) Painting: Charles Rollo Peters
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo illuminated by starlight.
(PD) Photo: William Amos Haines
San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, circa 1910.
(PD) Drawing: Calififornia Historical Survey Commission
A floor plan drawing of Mission San Carlos Borromeo prepared in 1921.
(PD) Photo: Roger Sturtevant / Historic American Buildings Survey
The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo or San Carlos Presidio Chapel in 1934.
(PD) Painting: Will Sparks
Mission San Carlos Borromeo at Monterey, between 1933 and 1937.
(PD) Painting: Will Sparks
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, between 1933 and 1937.
(PD) Painting: Will Sparks
The Father Junípero Serra Adobe in Carmel, between 1933 and 1937.
(CC) Photo: Stephen Lea
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, view of the main frontage in June, 2004.
(CC) Photo: Stephen Lea
Mission Carmel's campanile ("bell tower") as seen from the central courtyard in June 2004.
(PD) Photo: United States Navy
USNS Mission Carmel (T-AO-113) was the third of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, and the only U.S. Naval vessel to have borne the name.
(PD) Photo: United States Navy
USNS Mission San Carlos (T-AO-120) was the tenth of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, the only U.S. Naval vessel to have borne the name.
(PD) Painting: Francesco Caccianiga
An angel tending to Carlo Borromeo.
