A natural and civil history of California : containing an accurate description of that country, its soil, mountains, harbours, lakes, rivers, and seas ... Together with accounts of the several voyages and attempts made for settling California ... / Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit, published at Madrid 1758.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venegas, Miguel, 1680-1764.

Contributor:

Konsag, Ferdinand, 1703-1759.

Standardized Title:

Noticia de la California, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Vizcaíno, Sebastián, 1550?-1628?.

Vizcaíno, Sebastián.

Missions--California.

Missions.

California.

Missions--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula).

Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula).

Jesuits--California.

Jesuits.

Jesuits--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula).

California--History--To 1846.

History.

Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--History.

Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula).

Pacific Coast (North America)--Description and travel.

Pacific Coast (North America).

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 21 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher ..., 1759.

Notes:

Vol. 1: [20], 455, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: [8], 387, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates.

Map title: An accurate map of California, drawn by the Society of Jesuits & dedicated to the King of Spain, 1757.

Appendix 2: Narrative of the voyage of Captain Sebastian Vizcaino in the year 1602, for surveying the outward or western coast [of] California on the South-sea.

Appendix 3: Account of the voyage of Father Fernando Consag ... for surveying the eastern coast of California ... 1746.

Cited in:

Sabin 98845.

OCLC:

21641220