San Francisco: Yerba Buena : From the Beginning to the Gold Rush 1769-1849

San Francisco: Yerba Buena : From the Beginning to the Gold Rush 1769-1849 by Browning, Peter. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780944220085.

San Francisco Bay was discovered in 1769. Eighty years later the city of San Francisco was a boom town with a population of 40,000. Here is the written and visual record of the discovery and exploration of San Francisco Bay, and the founding and settlement of Yerba Buena, which became San Francisco. Recounted by the excerpts from the journals, diaries and books of the discoverers, explorers, foreign visitors, the founder of Yerba Buena, and the contemporary and reminiscent descriptions of those who were there and witnessed the transformation of San Francisco from hamlet to metropolis: Costansó, Ayala, Font, Vancouver, Lamgsdorff, Roquefeuil, Kotzebue, Beechey, Richardson, Simpson, Kemble, and others. Includes many historic maps, charts, illustrations, and the first two surveys of the town of Yerba Buena.