This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...on which they so greatly depended. Tfis plans and the preliminary steps for their accomplishment reached much further. He wished to bring about the discovery of new routes connecting New Mexico with Alta California and Sonora. This was in part achieved by Father Garces in 1776 before Bucareli had given the formal order ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...on which they so greatly depended. Tfis plans and the preliminary steps for their accomplishment reached much further. He wished to bring about the discovery of new routes connecting New Mexico with Alta California and Sonora. This was in part achieved by Father Garces in 1776 before Bucareli had given the formal order for an exploration. He was also about to establish settlements on the Gila and Colorado rivers, more particularly at the junction of the two, in order to secure the land route to Alta California, when a change of government occurred, late in 1776. which took the frontier provinces out of his jurisdiction. The total result of his work was to place Alta California on a permanent basis and ensure it from foreign seizure until such time as an overland advance from the Atlantic coast of upper North America should reach the Pacific. Given three years more time he would almost certainly have brought about a populous development of Alta California by use of the Sonora route. The inevitable result would have been the discovery of gold and a rush of colonists to the province. The chances are, however, that the influx would have resembled that at Cieneguilla in 1771, rather than the predominantly Anglo-American colonization of 1848-1849. In that case California would today have been, most likely, a Spanish American republic, though the probability of its passing under the English flag was not small and there was a remote chance that it might have become a Russian province. In fine, then, Bucareli saved Alta California temporarily for Spain and ultimately for the United States, and was only prevented from making an eventual gift of the province to Spanish America or perhaps England, by an occurrence--fortunately for the present possessors!--over which he...
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Good. Good condition. Later printing, 1930. (California, history to 1846) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Book is tight with no markings, some tanning to page edges, boards have some rubbing and light bumping at corners.
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Good in Good jacket. Dust jacket shows some edgewear, as well as some overall age toning/darkening of the jacket. Some chips missing at the edges, especially at the corners/points and at the top and bottom of the spine. The boards are clean and straight, with light bumping to the corners and the top and bottom of spine. The spine is solid and firm. Interior text block is straight and firmly attached to the spine. One line of notes inked on first page, and there is a small mark on the page referenced in this note. No other marks or damage foudn in the text block, though it is age toned. Jacket Condition: Good. Size: 8vo-over 7 3/4 in-9 3/4 in Tall. Year: 1936.