Item #7835 The Discovery of San Francisco Bay The Rediscovery of the Port of Monterey; he Establishment of the Presidio, and the Founding of the Mission of San Francisco. George DAVIDSON.
The Discovery of San Francisco Bay The Rediscovery of the Port of Monterey; he Establishment of the Presidio, and the Founding of the Mission of San Francisco
The Discovery of San Francisco Bay The Rediscovery of the Port of Monterey; he Establishment of the Presidio, and the Founding of the Mission of San Francisco

The Discovery of San Francisco Bay The Rediscovery of the Port of Monterey; he Establishment of the Presidio, and the Founding of the Mission of San Francisco

San Francisco: The Geographic Society of the Pacific, 1907. First Edition. Self-wrappers. Large 8vo. Pp. 153. Index. Staplebound. Final leaf torn; light wear to edges. Presented in "Transactions and Proceedings of The Geographical Society of the Pacific" Vol IV, Series II. Good+. Item #7835

The author was well-suited for this work: Upon sailing into San Francisco Bay in 1850, Davidson set forth on a career mapping and surveying the West Coast. For more on Davidson, see "George Davidson, Geographer of the Northwest Coast of America" by Henry Wagner in the 1932 issue of the California Historical Society Quarterly (available online).

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