Observations in Lower California / Johann Jakob Baegert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baegert, Johann Jakob, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

Translation of Nachrichten von der amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien, Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1952.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE : OF CALIFORNIA ITSELS ITS CHARACTERISTICS, CLIMATE, AND PRODUCTS

CHAPTER ONE: Of the Location, Longitude, Latitude, and Size of California, and of the Gulf

CHAPTER TWO: Of the Heat, the Cold, and the Four Seasons of the Year in California

CHAPTER THREE : Of the Rainfall, the Rivers, and Other Waters of California

CHAPTER FOUR: Of the Character, Fertility, and Barrenness of the Soil of California

CHAPTER FIVE: Of the Trees, Shrubs, and Thorn Bushes of California

CHAPTER SIX: Of the Fruits of California

CHAPTER SEVEN: Of the Quadrupeds, Fish, Fowl, and Birds of California

CHAPTER EIGHT: Of the Vermin of California

CHAPTER NINE: Of the Pearl Fisheries and the Mines of California

PART TWO : OF THE INHABITANTS OF CALIFORNIA

CHAPTER ONE: Of the Physical Appearance of the Californians, Their Color and Number, When and How They Might Have Come to California

CHAPTER TWO: Of the Habitations and Shelters of the Californians

CHAPTER THREE: Of the Manner of Dress and Decoration of the Californians

CHAPTER FOUR: Of Property and Utensils, of Labor and Occupations of the Californians

CHAPTER FIVE: Of Food and Drink, of Cooking and the Voracity of the Californians

CHAPTER SIX: Of Marriage and the Education of Children in California

CHAPTER SEVEN: Of Diseases and Medicines, of Death and the Burial Customs of the Californians

CHAPTER EIGHT: Of the Character, Nature, and Customs of the Californians

CHAPTER NINE : Of Certain Mores and Manners of Living of the Californians

CHAPTER TEN: Of the Language and the Manner of Speech of the Californians

PART THREE: OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS, I N T R O D U C T I O N OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND OF THE MISSIONS

CHAPTER ONE: Futile Expeditions of the Spaniards to California. Father Salvatierra Gains a Firm Footing and Establishes Mission Loreto

CHAPTER TWO: Of the Progress of the Established Missions and of the Founding of New Ones

CHAPTER THREE: Of the Revenues and the Administration of the Missions

CHAPTER FOUR: Of the Churches in California, Their Furnishings and Ornaments

CHAPTER FIVE: Of Agriculture in California

CHAPTER SIX: Of the Livestock in California

CHAPTER SEVEN: Of the Soldiers, Sailors, Craftsmen, as well as of Buying and Selling in California

CHAPTER EIGHT: Of the Death of the Two Jesuit Fathers, Tdmaral and Carranco

CHAPTER NINE: Some Questions Directed to Protestants and Particularly to Protestant Ministers

CHAPTER TEN: Of the Arrival of Don Gaspar Portola and the Departure of the Jesuits from California

APPENDIX ONE: False Reports about California and the Californians

APPENDIX TWO: False Reports about the Missionaries in California

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520331921

0520331923

OCLC:

1224278447