The First Spanish Entry into San Francisco Bay 1775. The Original Narrative, Hitherto Unpublished by Fr. Vincente Maria and Further Details by Participants in the First Explorations of the Bay's Waters.
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1971. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with some light wear to edges. Father Vicente de Santa María (1742 – July 16, 1806[1]) was a Spanish Franciscan priest who accompanied explorer Juan de Ayala on the first Spanish naval entry aboard the San Carlos into the San Francisco Bay. Maria wrote detailed first-hand accounts of the journey of the San Carlos and of the indigenous inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay Area prior to Spanish colonization. He later served at Mission San Francisco de Asis in San Francisco and Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura, California, where he died in 1806. Item #27127
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