A natural and civil history of California : containing an accurate description of that country, its soil, mountains, harbours, lakes, rivers, and seas : its animals, vegetables, minerals, and famous fishery for pearls : the customs of the inhabitants, their religion, government and manner of living, before their conversion to the Christian religion by the missionary Jesuits : together with accounts of the several voyages and attempts made for settling California and taking actual surveys of that country, its gulf, and coast of the south sea : illustrated with copper plates, and an accurate map of the country and the adjacent seas / translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit, published at Madrid 1758.
Alternate Title(s):
Noticia de la California. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher ..., 1759.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 21 cm (8vo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsF864 .V46 1736Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Map title: An accurate map of California, drawn by the Society of Jesuits & dedicated to the King of Spain.Translation of: Noticia de la California."Largely written by Father Andrés Marcos Burriel."--Wheat, Mapping the Transmissippi West, p. 85.Barrett, 2536Cowan, R.E. Bibliography of the history of California, 1510-1930 p. 658Newberry Library. Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana, 4471Field, 1600Howes USiana, V69Jones, 499Rich, I:131Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 98845Stevens (Nuggets), 2737Parke-Bernet Galleries. Celebrated collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, 4:2435Wagner (SS), 132aBibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, v. 5, col. 727Palau, 358390Wheat, I:85English short title catalogue, T138256Appendix I: A short description of the outward coast of California, by Gomara: v. 2, p. 225-227.Appendix II: 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 [extract from Lib. V of the Monarchia Indiana, by Father Juan de Torquemada]: v. 2, p. 227-308.Appendix III: Account of the voyage Father Fernando Consag, missionary of California, performed for surveying the eastern coast of California ... in the year 1746: v. 2, p. 308-353.Appendix IV: A description of California, by Captain Woods Rogers, an Englishman, and of his voyage to the South-sea in the year 1710: v. 2, p. 353-361.Appendix V: Extract of some passages in the voyage of Commodore Anson; with a vindication of the Jesuits: v. 2, p. 361-387.British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975 , 338-93BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary calf. Auograph: G. May.
Subject Terms:
Missions -- California. | Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California. | California -- History -- To 1846. | Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- History. | Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | Jesuits -- California. | Jesuits -- Mexico -- Baja California. | Vizcaíno, Sebastián, 1550?-1615. | Indians of North America -- California. | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Baja California. | Indians of North America -- Missions -- California. | Indians of Mexico -- Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California. | May, G. -- Autograph.