{"product_id":"san-francisco-yerba-buena-from-the-beginning-to-the-gold-rush-17691849-9780944220085","title":"San Francisco: Yerba Buena : From the Beginning to the Gold Rush 1769-1849","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSan Francisco: Yerba Buena : From the Beginning to the Gold Rush 1769-1849\u003c\/strong\u003e by Browning, Peter. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780944220085.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan 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.\nRecounted 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Great West Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45212733898805,"sku":"ByrdShop_0944220088","price":92.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780944220085_d500e130-f54d-4a24-a2ea-6e3c182a5ed2.jpg?v=1779906969","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/san-francisco-yerba-buena-from-the-beginning-to-the-gold-rush-17691849-9780944220085","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}