‎Paul C. Johnson‎
‎California‎

‎Cartografía y crónicas de la Antigua California ‎

‎México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Fundación de Investigaciones Sociales, 1989, in-4 rel. cartonnée (24 x 34), X-207 p., présentation de Jorge Carpizo Macgregor et Jorge Kanahuati, 105 figures, XLV planches en coul., jaquette avec trace d'usure en bordure, bon état. ‎

‎Como parte de los esfuerzos que se han realizado para conocer quiénes exploraron la Antigua California, el autor de esta obra ofrece, junto con la rica cartografía derivada de la empresa exploradora, testimonios de los relatos, de los diarios, de las rutas, de los informes y de las crónicas producidas por capitanes, pilotos, religiosos, corsarios y otras gentes que por innumerables y diversos intereses se internaron en ese territorio. Incluye una valoración de algunas obras elaboradas por investigadores de prestigio académico acerca de este tema. Es éste un trabajo concebido como “una introducción razonada a las principales fuentes escritas y cartográficas acerca de las exploraciones en torno y en el interior de la Antigua California”. En cuanto al ámbito temporal en el que se circunscribe esta obra es, básicamente, el periodo que va del siglo XVI al XVIII, sin olvidar por ello alguna información derivada de la llamada “cartografía precalifórnica”, en la cual se sitúa Cipango (Japón) en el sitio que corresponde a California. As part of the efforts that have been carried out to know who explored Old California, the author of this work offers, together with rich cartography derived from the enterprise of the explorers, the testimonies of the narratives, diaries, routes, reports and chronicles produced by captains, guides, the clergy, pirates, and other people who for innumerable and diverse interests entered into this territory. It includes an appraisal of some works produced by prestigious academic researchers on the issue. This is the work conceived of as “a reasoned introduction to the main written and cartographic sources concerning the explorations around the area and in the interior of Old California”. Regarding the temporary ambit in which it is circumscribed, this work basically encompasses the period ranging from the 16th to the 18th Century, in addition to certain information derived from so-called “pre-Californian cartography”, in which Cipango (Japan, also known as Nippon) is the site that corresponded to California. Voir le sommaire sur photos jointes. ‎

‎California. California. In Russian /California. Kaliforniya.‎

‎California. California. In Russian /California. Kaliforniya. Dorling Kindersley. Travel Guides. Dorling Kindersley. Travel guides. London, Dorling Kindersley, 2001, 630p.We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available.SKUalb1133cdbeacec3922.‎

‎From Mt. Shasta to Mt. Lowe Twenty-four Views of California The Beautiful.Calif‎

‎From Mt. Shasta to Mt. Lowe Twenty-four Views of California The Beautiful.California Photographs From Mt. Shasta to Mt. Lowes Twenty Views of Beautiful California In Russian /From Mt. Shasta to Mt. Lowe Twenty-four Views of California The Beautiful.California Photogravures Ot gory Shasta do gory Lou-dvadtsat vidov Prekrasnoy Kalifornii. Kaliforniya fotoalbom Los Angeles-San Francisco: for The O. Newman Company 1912. 20 l. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbce3bf03ebc10231b.‎

‎Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California ; including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. ‎

‎Washington, Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1848. Octavo. xvi, 416 pages. Contemporary half calf, smooth spine gilt with author and title, red edges, stamp on title. Hinge cracked, small loose and label on spine. Large folding map detached and showing browning along the folds. First edition, Senate issue. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Executive No. 7. Illustrated with 43 plates, including three battle plans of the Mexican–American War (among them the Battle of Pueblo de Los Angeles), early views of California settlements (including San Diego), ethnographic portraits, and botanical plates, and accompanied by the large folding engraved map (33 × 75 inches, environ 84x190cm) The report documenting the military reconnaissance conducted in 1846–1847 during the Mexican–American War by Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Emory of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. The text is divided into two distinct parts : a narrative of the journey itself, combining geographical, logistical, and military observations, followed by extensive appendices presenting the scientific results of the expedition, including meteorological and astronomical observations, geological notes, and natural history data. A primary source for the history of the American Southwest. The plates provide early visual documentation of California, Native American populations, scientific observations, and contemporary military operations. The large folding engraved map, entitled Military Reconnoissance of Arkansas, Rio del Norte, and Rio Gila (dated 1847), is the cartographic centerpiece of the work. Compiled from original field observations, it provides the first comprehensive official mapping of the regions traversed by the expedition, integrating military routes, topography, settlements, barometric profiles, and tables of distances and elevations. The present example corresponds to the second and finalized state. Demi veau époque, dos lisse avec auteur et titre, tranches rouges, cachet au titre, charnière fendues, carte détachée et présentant des brunissures aux plis. Rapport officiel du Sénat sur la reconnaissance de 1846–1847, associant le récit de l’expédition et des annexes scientifiques. Illustré de planches et accompagné de la grande carte dépliante gravée, second état, document cartographique majeur de la guerre américano-mexicaine. Ch.3E ‎

‎Military reconnaissance, Mexican–American War, Western Americana, Southwest exploration, early California, cartography, Native American ethnography, botanical plates, battle plans, meteorological data, astronomical observations, topographical engineering, Arkansas to San Diego, Senate report, XIX, 19eme ‎

‎THE MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES OF CALIFORNIA.‎

‎ The James Barry Co., San Francisco, 1908-1912. In-8 p., solo vol. I e vol. II (parte I), tela edit., pp. XXII,654; XLVI,682; con numer. ill. nel t. e in tavv. f.t. Il primo vol. "Lower California" tratta: "The period of the Early voyages and Discoveries - The Jesuit, Franciscan and Dominican periods" e serve anche di introduz. al secondo vol. dedicato alla "Upper California". Questa "parte I" si occupa della storia e delle missioni in generale: "Administration of Fr. Junipero Serra, Presidente - Administration of Fr. Fermin Francisco de Lasuén and Fr. Estévan Tàpis, Presidentes". Al ns. esempl. mancano altri 2 volumi di storia generale e 2 di storia locale di questo importante studio. Esempl. ben conservatato. ‎