A Description of Distant Roads
Author: Juan Crespí
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 898
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Descubrimiento de la Bahía de San Francisco
Author: Miguel Costansó
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn July 1769 the first Spanish land expedition to explore California set out from San Diego to march to Monterey Bay, but didn't recognize it when they stood on its shore. They kept headed north, and in early November discovered San Francisco Bay. -- Appearance and customs of the Indians. -- Locations of the expedition's campsites. -- Following the route on modern roads. -- Place names, old and new.
Diary of Nelson Kingsley, a California Argonaut of 1849
Author: Nelson Kingsley
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNelson Kingsley, a member of the California & New Haven Joint Stock Company, began his journal on February 8, 1849. On February 17, he sailed from New Haven on the barque Anna Reynolds. The ship sailed around Cape Horn to the Bay of Talcahuano, Chile. On November 22, Kingsley arrived in San Francisco. He entered into the shipping business on the Sacramento River between San Francisco and Sacramento. In March 1850, he turned to prospecting near Mormon Island and later worked a "Quicksilver Machine" in the Yuba-Marysville area. Throughout, Kingsley recorded the mining activities of his New Haven Company and events in Sacramento, Marysville, and San Francisco. On March 4, 1851, Kingsley left California for home and terminated his journal of 207 days. He died one year later in 1852
The Colorado River Campaign, 1781-1782
Author: Pedro Fages
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 114
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a manuscript preserved at the University of California. A diary of three journeys made between September 16, 1781 and April 25, 1782 in the punitive campaigns against the Yuma Indians after the massacre of the Colorado river settlers in July 1781. The territory traversed is in northwestern Sonora, southwestern Arizona and southern California.
Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
Author: Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
Author: San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 30
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Author: Academy of Pacific Coast History
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 434
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFray Juan Crespi
Author: Juan Crespí
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 514
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Discovery of San Francisco Bay
Author: George Davidson
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 298
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