Weights and Measures of Provincial California
Author : Jacob Neibert Bowman
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Weights and measures
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Author : Jacob Neibert Bowman
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Weights and measures
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Author : United States. Bureau of Standards
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Weights and measures
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Author : California. Division of Highways
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,77 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Measuring instruments
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Author : Canada
Publisher :
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Law
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Author : James R. Gibson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 28,51 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 080615098X
In the early nineteenth century, Russia established a colony in California that lasted until the Russian-American Company sold Fort Ross and Bodega Bay to John Sutter in 1841. This annotated collection of Russian accounts of Alta California, many of them translated here into English from Russian for the first time, presents richly detailed impressions by visiting Russian mariners, scientists, and Russian-American Company officials regarding the environment, people, economy, and politics of the province. Gathered from Russian archival collections and obscure journals, these testimonies represent a major contribution to the little-known history of Russian America. Well educated and curious, the visiting Russians were acute observers, generous in their appreciation of Hispanic hospitality but outspoken in their criticisms of all they found backward or abhorrent. In the various reports and reminiscences contained within this volume, they make astute observations of both Hispanic and Native inhabitants, describing the Catholic missions with their devout friars and neophyte workers; the corruptible Franciscan missionaries; the sorry plight of mission Indians; the Californios themselves, whose religion, language, dwellings, cuisine, dress, and pastimes were novel to the Russians; the economic and social changes in Alta California following Mexican independence; and the schemes of American traders and settlers to draw the province into the United States. Amplified by James R. Gibson’s informative annotations, and featuring a gallery of elegant color illustrations, this unique volume casts new light on the history of Spanish and Mexican California.
Author : John Phillip Langellier
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fortification
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Author : California. Department of weights and measures
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Weights and measures
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Author : Canada
Publisher :
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 10,43 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Law
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Author : Maynard J. Geiger
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 1959
Category : California
ISBN :
Biography of Serra, from his birth in Mallorca, his early work in Mexico, and the establishing of the missions in California.
Author : Mel Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 41,35 MB
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0520323939
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.