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

by James Delgado

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In 1848, more than a thousand ships set sail for San Francisco, filled with eager fortune hunters. James P. Delgado provides a comprehensive examination of the Gold Rush from the perspective of the mariners to demonstrate that maritime activity is a pervasive thread in the event's history.
  • ISBN10 0585361487
  • ISBN13 9780585361482
  • Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 1 December 1990)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 3 October 2023
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of South Carolina Press
  • Edition Revised ed.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 265
  • Language English