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Book/Printed Material Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer,

About this Item

Title

  • Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer,

Summary

  • Carl Meyer was a German-speaking Swiss who traveled to California in 1849. Bound for Sacramento (1938) is the English translation of Nach dem Sacramento, published in the Swiss town of Aarau in 1855. Meyer begins with his 1849 voyage from New Orleans, continuing with tales of the Mariposa and Trinidad gold mines, Stockton, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Mormon Island.

Names

  • Meyer, Carl, of Basel.
  • Axe, Ruth Frey.

Created / Published

  • Claremont, Calif., Saunders studio press, 1938.

Headings

  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California

Notes

  • -  Reproductions of the front and back paper covers and the title-page of the original 1855 edition ([4] p.) inserted between p. [viii] and ix.
  • -  "This first edition is limited to 450 copies of which this is copy no. 75."

Medium

  • xii p., 2 l. 282 p. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .M62
  • F865 .M62 Copy 2 Copy 2.
  • F865 .M62 Copy 3 Copy 3 "... no.235."

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 38012574

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Meyer, Carl, Of Basel, and Ruth Frey Axe. Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer. Claremont, Calif., Saunders studio press, 1938. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/38012574/.

APA citation style:

Meyer, C. & Axe, R. F. (1938) Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer. Claremont, Calif., Saunders studio press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/38012574/.

MLA citation style:

Meyer, Carl, Of Basel, and Ruth Frey Axe. Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer. Claremont, Calif., Saunders studio press, 1938. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/38012574/>.