Title: Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean Author: Farnham, Thomas J. Place: New York Publisher: Saxton & Miles Date: 1846 Description: 416 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece; folding cerographic map. 8½x5, modern half gilt-ruled morocco & cloth. Reprint of the 1844 edition, being experiences in California by the overland pioneer who traveled to Oregon in 1839, thence to California by way of Hawaii in 1840. About seventy pages are devoted to his stay in Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Blas. The Zamorano Eighty notes that the balance of his knowledge was derived from other sources, and cites Hall J. Kelley, the botanist David Douglas, Dr. John H. Lyman, and others as possibly those sources. Wagner-Camp describes the work as "providing a sketch of [California's] history and a garbled account of its resources, with anti-Mexican propaganda scattered throughout. The "Map of the Californias by T.J. Farnham," 35x27 cm., is the same as the map in the 1844 edition, and bears the copyright date of 1845, as noted by Wheat; it shows Upper and Lower California, to the Rocky Mountains, end depicts the overland routes of Farnham to the United States, and Dr. Lyman from it. Cowan p.203; Howes F49; Wagner-Camp 107:3. Lot Amendments Condition: Map with some staining, 6" tear repaired on verso; light foxing, very good in fine binding. Item number: 197896
Title: Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean Author: Farnham, Thomas J. Place: New York Publisher: Saxton & Miles Date: 1846 Description: 416 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece; folding cerographic map. 8½x5, modern half gilt-ruled morocco & cloth. Reprint of the 1844 edition, being experiences in California by the overland pioneer who traveled to Oregon in 1839, thence to California by way of Hawaii in 1840. About seventy pages are devoted to his stay in Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Blas. The Zamorano Eighty notes that the balance of his knowledge was derived from other sources, and cites Hall J. Kelley, the botanist David Douglas, Dr. John H. Lyman, and others as possibly those sources. Wagner-Camp describes the work as "providing a sketch of [California's] history and a garbled account of its resources, with anti-Mexican propaganda scattered throughout. The "Map of the Californias by T.J. Farnham," 35x27 cm., is the same as the map in the 1844 edition, and bears the copyright date of 1845, as noted by Wheat; it shows Upper and Lower California, to the Rocky Mountains, end depicts the overland routes of Farnham to the United States, and Dr. Lyman from it. Cowan p.203; Howes F49; Wagner-Camp 107:3. Lot Amendments Condition: Map with some staining, 6" tear repaired on verso; light foxing, very good in fine binding. Item number: 197896
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