Excerpt from Expedition to San Francisco Bay in 1770: Diary of Pedro Fages It has been thought hitherto that the first inland exploration of the country between Monterey and the head of the bay of San Francisco, and of the eastern shore except for the short distance which may have been traversed by the reconnoitering party sent out in 1769 by Portola - was that made by Pedro Pages in March, 1772. But the diary here published1 shows that in November, 1770, Pages led a party of explorers northwest ward from Monterey to the ...
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Excerpt from Expedition to San Francisco Bay in 1770: Diary of Pedro Fages It has been thought hitherto that the first inland exploration of the country between Monterey and the head of the bay of San Francisco, and of the eastern shore except for the short distance which may have been traversed by the reconnoitering party sent out in 1769 by Portola - was that made by Pedro Pages in March, 1772. But the diary here published1 shows that in November, 1770, Pages led a party of explorers northwest ward from Monterey to the Santa Clara Valley (la Canada del Puerto de San Francisco down that valley to the head of the bay, thence along the eastern shore two days' journey to a point not far from Alameda, the course to this place being much the same as that followed in 1772. Before turning back the party ascended a hill and descried the north arm of the bay projecting far to the east and communicating with that at their left. Fages's statement in the letter of transmittal of the diary to the Viceroy, to the effect that his men went about seven leagues farther than the explorers had gone in the previous year, helps to fix the limit of the exploration of 1769 on the eastern shore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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