A California Gold Rush history
Subtitle: featuring the treasure from the S.S. Central America : a source book for the Gold Rush historian and numismatist
By: by Q. David Bowers ; foreword by Richard Doty.
Contributors: Doty, Richard G.
Publisher: California Gold Marketing Group
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Newport Beach, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1055
Subjects: Central America (Ship); Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean; Underwater archaeology -- North Atlantic Ocean; Steamboats -- History -- 19th century; Coins, American; Numismatics -- United States; California -- Gold discoveries; California -- History -- 1850-1950
Other titles: Treasure from the S.S. Central America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 1033-1049) and index.
"The California Gold Rush: Getting there, Mining, Contemporary stories and accounts, Private coiners and assayers, San Francisco Mint -- Treasure of the S.S. Central America: Saga at sea of the gold-laden ship, Columbus-America Discovery Group, California Gold Marketing Group, Description of recovered coins and ingots."