Pp. 112; 3 full page illustrations. Publisher's original tan mottled cloth, lettered in black on the spine, antique map endpapers, sm 4to. The author, Ray Brandes, translated the work and provided a new introduction and bibliography. The facsimile reproduction was made from the original copy in the Los Angeles Public Library. This is Book no. 1 of the Hogarth Series on Early California. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

The Costansó Narrative of the Portolá Expedition: First Chronicle of the Spanish Conquest of Alta California (Hogarth series of early California)

History

Miguel Costansó

Europe

Hogarth Press

<p>On July 14, 1769 the Portola Expedition started off into an unknown country. </p>
<p>They were the first Europeans to explore by land what is now California. In human history it is quite a short time from the Portola Expedition to the present day-- 223 years, some eight to ten generations. Most of what Miguel Costano saw has been transformed beyond belief and beyond imagining. But from the discovery site on Sweeney Ridge you can see Point Reyes and the white cliffs of Drakes Bay to the north-north-west, and the Farallon Islands to the west. And when you turn around you will behold the full sweep of the "magnificent estuary" that is San Francisco Bay, stretching toward the southeast.</p>

The Discovery of San Francisco Bay: The Portolá Expedition of 1769-1770 / El Descubrimiento de la Bahía de San Francisco: La Expedición de Portolá de ... Miguel Costansó (English and Spanish Edition)

World

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