A sojourn at San Francisco Bay, 1816

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A sojourn at San Francisco Bay, 1816

by Adelbert von Chamisso ; illustrated by a series of drawings first published in 1822 by Louis Choris

The Book Club of California, 1936

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Aufenthalt zu San Franzisko

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Aufenthalt zu San Franzisko

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Translation of that portion of the author's Reise um die Welt mit der Romanzoffischen Entdeckungs-Expedition in den Jahren 1815-1818 auf der Brigg Rurik, Kapitän Otto v. Kotzebue entitled: Aufenthalt zu San Franzisko

"Chamisso's narrative first appeared in volume I of his works (pages 175-200), published in Leipzig in 1836. The portion relating to San Francisco, translated by Georgie McElroy, appeared in volume X, number 3, of the Overland monthly (March 1873), and this translation was republished, with certain changes and corrections, in A.C. Mahr's The visit of the Rurik to San Francisco in 1816 (Stanford university press, 1932)"--p. iv

Preface by Oscar Lewis

"Two hundred and fifty copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California in December MCMXXXVI."

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