TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS: THE DIARY OF ALBERT G. OSBUN 1849-1851

Published by The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 1966

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8vo. xiii, 233p. Frontispiece black and white photo of Albert Gallatin Osbun, black and white map of the area in California visited by Gallatin, and a double page sketch of the Pacific Ocean drawn by Osbun. Letters; Appendix A: Persons; Appendix B: Places; Appendix C: Ships; and Index. Green cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Near fine with clean cloth, bright gilt, illustrations in fine condition, and with no internal markings. Dust jacket slightly darkened around the edges, else very good to near fine and not price-clipped. This is an account of a trw-year odyssey by an Ohio doctor to the gold mines on the Yuba and upper Sacramento rivers. The enterprise was abandoned after six months and Osbun organized an expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other provisions for the San Francisco market from the natives of the Pacific Islands. This book comprises his observations on these journeys.

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Title
TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS: THE DIARY OF ALBERT G. OSBUN 1849-1851
Author
Osbun, Abert G. [Albert Gallatin, 1807-1862] and John Haskell Kemble [Editor, 1912-1980]
Publisher
The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Publication year
1966
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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