Antonio María Osio’s La Historia de Alta California was the first written history of upper California during the era of Mexican rule, and this is its first c
This national bestseller chronicles one man’s 650–mile trek on foot from San Diego to San Francisco—sure to appeal to readers of naturalist works like Edw
The first time -- plus pertinent information on their backgrounds and future lives (including those who continued on in July of 1769 with Gaspar de Portola, see