| Series |
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Steam navigation in the Pacific -- Pacific Mail Steamship Company -- New York to Chagres per steamer "Falcon" -- From Chagres to Panama -- New York to Panama via Straits of Magellan -- San Francisco in 1849 -- Country and climate -- Earlier pioneers -- Memorigraphia -- California in 1849 and California in 1874. |
| Local note | Maritime; Science; Biography; Travel. |
| Local note | 2008A449900. |
| Local note | Maritime; Science; Biography; Travel. |
| Local note | 2008A449900. |
| Local note | Maritime; Science; Biography; Travel. |
| Local note | 2008A449900. |
| General note | "This book originated in the fraternal sentiments of the association whose name it bears, and a desire to place on permanent record some of the stirring events with which these men had been connected since their arrival in California ..."--p. [i]. The "Notes introductory" is signed on p. viii: The Editing Committee. San Francisco, February 28th, 1874. |
| General note | Issued in observance of the 25th anniversary of the inaugural trip of the steamship California. |
| General note | Imprint from printer's device on verso of title page. |
| General note | "100 copies were printed."--Cowan, R.E. A bibliography of the history of California ... 1952, p. 37. |
| General note | Printed in sepia with red rule bordering each page. The t.p. includes an additional border in gilt. Ten pages include the red border but are otherwise blank. |
| General note | "Ten photographs, historic in character, were intended to accompany the work, but are rarely to be found. ..."--Cowan. According to the introductory notes, the photographic illustrations were from the house of Bradley & Rulofson. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Title-vignette. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 86018. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
