| Main Title |
A world transformed : firsthand accounts of California before the Gold Rush / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Heyday Books, |
| Year Published |
1998 |
| OCLC Number |
39875157 |
| ISBN |
1890771139 (pbk.); 9781890771133 (pbk.) |
| Subjects |
California--History--To 1846--Sources ;
California--History--1846-1850--Sources ;
California--Biography
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ERAM |
F864.W945 1999 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
03/13/1999 |
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| Collation |
xxiii, 344 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Part I: Early explorations. Account of the "sacred expedition," 1769 / Juan Crespí -- Journal of the first Spanish ship to enter San Francisco Bay, 1775 / Vicente Santa María -- Account of the founding of Mission Dolores, 1776 / Francisco Palóu -- Part II: Life under Spanish control. from A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, 1792 / George Vancouver -- The Rezanov voyage, 1806 / Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov and George von Langsdorff -- from A voyage around the world, 1816 / Adelbert von Chamisso -- Part III: Picturing a world transformed. Part IV: Mexican control, Yankee infiltration and conquest. from Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, 1826 / Frederick William Beechey -- from Two years before the mast, 1835-36 / Richard Henry Dana, Jr. -- from An overland journey around the world, 1841-42 / Sir George Simpson -- from What I saw in California, 1846 / Edwin Bryant -- Reminiscences of early San Francisco, 1847-48 / Edward Kemble. |
| Place Published |
Berkeley, Calif. : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1999. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
98041579 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
19990312174341 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
00911cam 2200265 a 45020 |
