Author: Ernest Abram WiltseePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Gold Rush Steamers of the Pacific
Author: Ernest Abram WiltseePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Gold Rush Steamers of the Pacific
Author: Ernest Abram WiltseePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Pacific Eldorado
Author: Thomas J. OsbornePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119509297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
The fully-revised second edition of the bestselling textbook—an original interpretation of the entire span of California history The rich history of California can best be told through its connection with the Pacific Basin. From the geological origins of the land and its earliest seafaring inhabitants, to current economic trade relationships and remarkably diverse cultural influences, the factors that continue to shape the Golden State are inseparably linked to the vast ocean to its west. Pacific Eldorado is a comprehensive exploration of the entire sweep of California’s past in relation to the maritime world of the Pacific Basin. Offering a bold and original interpretation of the history of the region, prominent historian Thomas J. Osborne enables readers to view the state’s development through a Pacific-focused lens. Now in its second edition, this acclaimed textbook reflects new scholarship, places greater emphasis on environmental topics, and examines recent California history. Designed to help students think critically about commonly-held ideas, the author challenges conventional views, such as those of pre-Gold Rush California, confronts the traditional Atlantic-centric approach to American history, and presents a new analytic framework for studying the state’s past. The text enables students to understand the evolution of California, from the time of prehistoric Asian seafarers to the state’s present-day position as the nation’s wealthiest and most populous state. Rigorous yet accessible, this text: Explores a “Greater California” history that extends beyond geographic borders Offers new, expanded, and revised coverage of plate tectonics, the citriculture boom of the late 1800s, the environmental history of California, and more Features “Pacific Profiles,” brief chronicles of notable figures who have made an impact on the state’s history Has a new feature, “Transpacific Connections” that illustrates further the fascinating ties between California and the Pacific World; for example, comparing the California gold rush to the contemporaneous New Zealand gold rush and indicating the connections between the two Supports a Pacific-centric approach with compelling examples, such as the building of the transcontinental railroad to increase the China trade Includes new and updated photographs, illustrations, maps, references, and reading suggestions Already adopted by a wide range of institutions, the new edition of Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California continues to be an essential resource for students and instructors in California history courses, as well as those required to pass exams on California history and government to obtain California teaching credentials.
Pacific Steamers
Author: Will LawsonPublisher: Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson
ISBN:
Category : Ships and shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The history, rise and development of steamers on the Australian, New Zealand and Western American Coasts
Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail
Author: Robert Joseph ChandlerPublisher: Friends of San Francisco Maritime Museum Library
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The California Gold Rush of 1849 assured the fortunes of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Based in San Francisco, its wooden steamers carried gold, passengers, mail and high-value freight, forever changing the city, the Pacific Coast and the nation.
More than words
Author: John WillisPublisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 1772824372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
More Than Words features the work of more than twenty scholars from Canada and abroad on post-related topics. Drawing on recent trends in social and cultural history, these new essays address the history and importance of the post from such perspectives as infrastructure, technology, nation-building and interpersonal communications.
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Author: Gary KinderPublisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 155584796X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
“Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek
Transpacific Steam
Author: E. Mowbray TatePublisher: Associated University Presses
ISBN: 9780845347928
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A Golden State
Author: Marlene Smith-BaranziniPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520217706
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A collection of essays on mining and economic development in California from the Gold Rush through the end of the 19th century. This is the second in a series of four volumes comemmorating the state's sesquicentennial.
Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways
Author: David R.P. GuayPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459735560
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The first detailed account of the rise and fall of the maritime branches of two of Canada’s great transcontinental railways of the early twentieth century: the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern.