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Published by John Howell Books, San Francisco, CA, 1971
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Louis Choris (illustrator). First Limited Edition. Pale blue dust jacket has edgewear and chips, blue cloth covered text is without flaw. 9 X 12" 130 pages, 1.5 kg (may require extra postage), from 1971. One of 5,000 copies, this is the original narrative of the first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775. With further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full colour from the brush and pencil of Louis Choris who was at San Francisco in 1816. Canizares, under Captain Ayala's orders surveyed the bay and produced the map in this volume.