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Gateway to Alta California: The Expedition to San Diego, 1769 (Sunbelt Cultural Heritage Books)
Gateway to Alta California The Expedition to San Diego 1769 - Sunbelt Cultural Heritage Books Author:Harry W. Crosby The story of this journey through northern Baja Californias unexplored wilderness to San Diego is actually two stories, crafted by artful and incisive historian Harry Crosby. The first begins well before the expedition commences and involves world events, politics, and the characters who were destined to forge this momentous march. The sec... more »ond is a daily record of the trek itself, told through first-person diary excerpts and the authors own comments as he followed in their footsteps, mapping this historic route for the first time. Together, they show not only the hardships and victories of blazing the difficult trail, but the resolve of this company of fifty heroic men. Gateway to Alta California contains the authors color maps, which provide a graphic statement of the journey into terra incognita, as well as his black-and-white photos of the largely unchanged terrain. Also included are lists of all Hispanic members of the expedition partymany identified here for the first timeplus pertinent information on their backgrounds and future lives (including those who continued on in July of 1769 with Gaspar de Portolá, seeking the port of Monterey).« less