The first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775; the original narrative, hitherto unpublished, and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full
The first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775; the original narrative, hitherto unpublished, and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full...
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Fine. Book First edition. Printed in a limited edition by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Edited by John Galvin. [8], 130pp. Frontis, 5 plates, 1 folding map, text facsimiles of maps and documents. Blue cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with light blue printed dust jacket. A facsimile of the Santa Maria journal, which had been lost for over a century, with an English translation, illustrated with watercolors and a drawing by Louis Choris. Includes three documents relating to Juan Manuel de Ayala's first survey of San Francisco Bay in 1775.
Add this copy of The First Spanish Entry Into San Francisco Bay 1775: to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by John Howell.
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Edited by John Galvin. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 130pp. Color frontispiece, 5 full-page color plates, illustrations, maps (one foldout). Near fine/very good. Faint jacket wear. First edition, tight and handsome, of this first appearance of Father Vicente Maria's 1775 journal, both in facsimile and in English translation, recording "the first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay."
