A Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California
by J Ross Browne; Taylor, Alexander Smith; Scammon, Charles Melville; Hawks, J.D., etal
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- Hardcover
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: H.H.Bancroft and Company, 1869. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 200 pp, in original brown pebbled cloth with title stamped in gilt on front board. Ex-library, with call number on spine, lacking front free endpaper. Binding sound, text clean. A scarce edition of this compilation, which was also published in the same year by Appleton as the second part of Browne's "Resources of the Pacific Slope." Includes: Taylor's Historical Summary of Lower California, from its Discovery in 1532 to 1867; Scammon's Exploration of Lower California; Journal of the Expedition of Mr. J.D. Hawks and Party, Through the Interior of the Peninsula of Lower California, from San Domingo to San Diego; Report of Dr. John A. Veatch on Cerros or Cedros Island; Extracts from a History of Old or Lower California by Padre Francisco Javier Clavijero; Washington Territory Historical Memoir (unattributed); and Historical Sketch of Nevada, Including Boundaries, Population, Aboriginal Inhabitants, Early Settlements, &c. (unattributed). Cowan p. 79.
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- Seller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 23330
- Title
- A Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California
- Author
- J Ross Browne; Taylor, Alexander Smith; Scammon, Charles Melville; Hawks, J.D., etal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- H.H.Bancroft and Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1869
- Bookseller catalogs
- Californiana;
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Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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