Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and Around the World in - the Years 1826182

"This is the definitive translation of the most important travel account of California before the American conquest. Duhaut-Cilly's observations are those of the outsider with the most insider access of any visitor. It is a lively read, endlessly fascinating for all those interested in the early history of the Golden State, and a natural supplement to all courses on its past."—James Sandos, author of Rebellion in the Borderlands

"The best contemporary account of the California missions prior to their secularization. Excellent writing as well as sensitive translation and good editing by two leading scholars make this historical study both informative and a very good read."—Norman Thrower, author of Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage

"Thanks to this superb new translation, we can again feel Duhaut-Cilly's wonder and realism as he encountered a remote Mexican province whose destiny was at once obscure and exhilarating."—Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California

"A wonderful new English-language translation of Auguste Duhaut-Cilly's 1826 Voyage to California that gives us a very detailed set of observations on Indian-white relations in Alta and Baja California on the eve of the secularization of the missions."—Ramón A. Gutiérrez, coeditor of Contested Eden: California before the Gold Rush

About the author

Auguste Duhaut-Cilly was a nineteenth-century trader and explorer. August Frugé is the former Director of the University of California Press and author of A Skeptic among Scholars (California, 1993). Neal Harlow is the author of (California, 1982).

Summary

French sea captain Auguste Duhaut-Cilly failed in his quest to become wealthy from his around-the-world travels between 1826 and 1829. However, he recorded his impressions of the California coast and the region's natural history and human populations in a diary. This text provides a translation.

Product details

• Authors: Auguste Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly, Duhaut-Cilly Auguste
• Assisted by: August Fruge (Editor), August Frugé (Editor), Neal Harlow (Editor), Harlow Neal (Editor), August Fruge (Translation), August Frugé (Translation), Neal Harlow (Translation), Harlow Neal (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.1999
• EAN: 9780520217522
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21752-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; USA, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, TRAVEL / United States / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Classic Travel Writing