Sights in the gold region, and scenes by the way
By: By Theodore T. Johnson ...
Publisher: Baker and Scribner
Published: 1849
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast; California -- Gold discoveries; California -- Description and travel; Panama -- Description and travel
Description: Theodore Taylor Johnson of New Jersey sailed to California in February 1849 and had returned home by the end of June. Sights in the gold region (1849) is the first published book to relate authentic personal experiences in the California gold fields. Johnson describes his voyage to California and Panama crossing and prospecting in the Culomma Valley. He also writes of his return to San Francisco in the hope of finding work at the end of spring and his discouraged decision to take passage home, again crossing the Isthmus again at Chagres. Personal recollections are fleshed out with second hand discussions of the state's history and culture.
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