To California by Sea: A Maritime History of the California Gold Rush

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William N. Still, Jr., Series Editor
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE Maritime Trade and California Prior to 1848
	YERBA BUENA
	AMERICAN DESIRES FOR A PACIFIC PORT
	THE GOLD RUSH BEGINS
Chapter One BY WAY OF CAPE HORN
	THE COMMON EXPERIENCE
		COOPERATIVE COMPANIES
		FITTING OUT THE SHIP
		DEPARTURE AND THE FIRST WEEK AT SEA
		FOOD
		ADJUSTING TO A STRANGE NEW WORLD
		GETTING READY FOR THE DIGGINGS
	CARGOES BY WAY OF CAPE HORN
		CLIPPERS TO CALIFORNIA
Chapter Two VIA THE ISTHMUS
	THE ISTHMIAN CROSSING
	THE VOYAGE TO SAN FRANCISCO
	ISTHMIAN COMPETITION
	THE STEAMERS
	SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PANAMA ROUTE
Chapter Three THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1849-1851
	MARINE INTELLIGENCE
	A BUSY WATERFRONT
	Table 1 1849 Arrivals
	Table 2 1850 Arrivals
	CREATING A WATERFRONT
	ESTABLISHING A MARITIME MERCANTILE COMMUNITY : THE SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
	WATERFRONT SERVICES
	SAN FRANCISCO ELECTS A HARBORMASTER
Chapter Four REGULATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION
	COLLECTORS OF THE PORT
	THE REVENUE MARINE IN THE GOLD RUSH
	ILLUSTRATIONS
	THE NAVY IN THE GOLD RUSH
		Mare Island Navy Yard
	ESTABLISHING AIDS TO NAVIGATION
	MARITIME INDUSTRY BEGINS
Chapter Five MARITIME DISASTER ON THE ARGONAUT MIND
Conclusion AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
	REMEMBERING THE EVENT
Appendix Resolution of Shipmasters and Owners Protesting Conditions at the Port of San Francisco, 1850
	PREAMBLE
NOTES
	PROLOGUE
	CHAPTER 1 .
	CHAPTER 2.
	CHAPTER 3 .
	CHAPTER 4.
	CHAPTER 5
	CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
	BOOKS
	BOOKS, SECONDARY SOURCES
	ARTICLES
	THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
	MANUSCRIPTS
	GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
	NEWSPAPERS
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