El Camino Real de California : from ancient pathways to modern byways
Record details
- ISBN: 9780826361035
- ISBN: 082636103X
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
remote - Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "Doing the king's business" on El Camino Real de California : an introduction -- Early Spanish maritime views of the California coast -- The origins of the Camino Real : the maritime and land expeditions of 1769 from Baja California Sur to Alta California -- Portolá's expedition and the establishment of Alta California, part I : From San Diego Bay to the Santa Bárbara Channel and the Santa Inéz River, July through August, 1769 -- Portolá's expedition and the establishment of Alta California, part II : the search for Monterey Bay : from the Sierra de Santa Lucía to San Francisco Bay, September to November 1769 -- Portolá's expedition and the establishment of Alta California, part III : the expedition returns to San Diego : November 1769 to January 1770 -- Missions and ranchos in Spanish colonial and Mexican territorial Alta California. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Roads -- California -- History Portolá's Expedition, Calif., 1769-1770 El Camino Real (Calif.) -- History California -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish California -- History -- To 1846 |
Genre: | Electronic books. History. |