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The First Spanish Entry Into San Francisco Bay, 1775
by Galvin, John (Editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
John Howell Books, San Francisco, 1991; First Edition, limited to 5,000 copies; quarto, 130 pages; blue cloth; gilt spine titles and front board decorations; front page block edges untrimmed; illustrated. First publication of the 1775 journal of Father Vicente Santa Maria, member of the very first Spanish voyage of exploration into San Francisco Bay. Text on the left in the original eighteenth century Spanish, and corresponding English translation on the facing pages. Reproductions of four early Spanish maps, plus six color illustrations created by Louis Choris in 1816. Fine, no dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5038
- Title
- The First Spanish Entry Into San Francisco Bay, 1775
- Author
- Galvin, John (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Howell Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco,
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- California, San Francisco, Spanish Exploration, Travel and Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- California and the West;
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