VOYAGE EN CALIFORNIE. DESCRIPTION DE SON SOL, DE SON CLIMAT, DE SES MINES D'OR....
Bryant, Edwin:
Bruxelles. 1849. 210pp. plus 4 plates. Illus. Dbd. Else clean and very good. The first French translation, after the original English edition published in New York in 1848. Readers have called Bryant's narrative "one of the most detailed and reliable of all overland journals" (Camp), and "one of the classics of California" (Becker). Bryant went overland to California in 1846 and witnessed the dramatic events of 1846-47 during the American seizure of California, where he was appointed ALCALDE of San Francisco by Gen. Kearny in February 1847. A California classic. HOWES B903. BARRETT 375. COWAN, p.81. WAGNER-CAMP 146:15. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 26. GRAFF 457. KURUTZ 95l.
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