A voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands and around the world in the years, 1826-1829 / Auguste Duhaut-Cilly ; translated and edited by August Fruge´ and Neal Harlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard, 1790-1849, author.

Contributor:

Frugé, August, 1909-2004, editor.

Harlow, Neal, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard, 1790-1849--Travel.

Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard.

He´ros (Ship).

Voyages around the world.

California--Description and travel.

California.

Hawaii--Description and travel.

Hawaii.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While French sea captain Auguste Duhaut-Cilly may not have become wealthy from his around-the-world travels between 1826 and 1829, his trip has enriched historians interested in early nineteenth-century California. Because of a poor choice in goods to trade he found it necessary to spend nearly two years on the Alta and Baja California coasts before disposing of his cargo and returning to France. What was bad luck for Duhaut-Cilly was good luck for us, however, because he recorded his impressions of the region's natural history and human populations in a diary. This translation of Duhaut-Cilly's writing offers today's readers a rare eyewitness account of the pastoral society that was Mexican California, including the missions at the height of their power. A veteran of the Napoleonic wars, Duhaut-Cilly was an educated man conversant in Spanish and English. He was also Catholic, which gave him special access to the California missions. Thus his diary allows the reader an insider's view of the padres' lives, including their dealings with the military. Through his eyes we see the region's indigenous people and how they were treated, and we're privy to his commentary on the behavior of the Californios. This translation also contains Duhaut-Cilly's account of the Sandwich Islands portion of his voyage and provides an authentic rendering of life at sea during the early nineteenth century. In the spirit of Richard Henry Dana's Two Years before the Mast, Duhaut-Cilly's reflections are a historical gem for anyone with a love of personal narratives and original accounts of the past.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION

EDITORIAL NOTE

AUTHOR'S PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION

CHAPTERS 1-4. AROUND THE HORN TO THE CALIFORNIAS

CHAPTER 5. IN AND AROUND SAN JOSÉ DEL CABO

CHAPTER 6. SAN JOSÉ AND REAL SAN ANTONIO

CHAPTER 7. MAZATLÁN AND CABO SAN LUCAS

CHAPTER 8. SAN FRANCISCO IN 1827

CHAPTER 9. SAN FRANCISCO TO MONTEREY, WITH BEARS

CHAPTER 10. SANTA BARBARA AND SAN PEDRO

CHAPTER 11. INDIAN CAPTIVES, SAN DIEGO, & MAZATLAN

CHAPTER 12. A VISIT TO SAN LUIS REY

CHAPTER 13. A VISIT TO SANTA CLARA & SAN JOSÉ

CHAPTER 14. SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO

CHAPTER 15. THE PUEBLO OF LOS ANGELES & MISSION SAN GABRIEL

CHAPTER 16. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CALIFORNIAS, I

CHAPTER 17. GENERAL DESCRIPTION , II. TRIP TO PERU

CHAPTER 18. THE RUSSIANS AT ROSS. EXPULSION OF THE SPANIARDS FROM CALIFORNIA

CHAPTER 19. THE AFFAIR OF THE 'FRANKLIN'. FIRST DAYS IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

CHAPTER 20. MISSIONARIES AND ISLANDERS

CHAPTERS 21 - 23. CHINA AND THE WAY HOME

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520922471

0520922476

9780585276366

0585276366

OCLC:

1202624588