History of the State of California: From the Period of the Conquest by Spain to Her Occupation by the United States of America. Containing an Account of the Discovery of the Immense Gold Mines and Placers, the Enormous Population of Gold-seekers, the Quantity of Gold Already Obtained, a Description of Her Mineral and Agricultural Resources, with Thrilling Accounts of Adventures Among the Mines. Also, Advice to Emigrants on the Best Routes, and the Preparations Necessary to Get There. To which is Added a Brief Account of the Formation of the Government and Constitution of the Said StateDerby and Miller, 1850 - Всего страниц: 508 |
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... hundred and thirty miles in breadth , where it joins the conti- nent . It extends south - eastwardly , generally dimi- nishing in breadth , till it terminates in two points . The point farthest south - west is called Cape San Lucas ...
... hundred and thirty miles in breadth , where it joins the conti- nent . It extends south - eastwardly , generally dimi- nishing in breadth , till it terminates in two points . The point farthest south - west is called Cape San Lucas ...
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... hundred miles long . Upper California extends , upon the Pacific , from the 32d parallel of latitude , northward to the 42d parallel , a distance of about seven hundred miles . It is separated from Oregon by a range of highlands ...
... hundred miles long . Upper California extends , upon the Pacific , from the 32d parallel of latitude , northward to the 42d parallel , a distance of about seven hundred miles . It is separated from Oregon by a range of highlands ...
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... hundred miles north - west of San Pedro , is the har- bor of Santa Barbara . It is an open roadstead shel- tered from the north and west winds , but exposed to the violence of the south - westerly storms , which pre- vail during the ...
... hundred miles north - west of San Pedro , is the har- bor of Santa Barbara . It is an open roadstead shel- tered from the north and west winds , but exposed to the violence of the south - westerly storms , which pre- vail during the ...
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... hundred leagues farther north - west . The territory he visited was then called Xalisco , and inhabited by fierce tribes of men who had never been conquered by the Mexicans . Flattering accounts of the fertility HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA ...
... hundred leagues farther north - west . The territory he visited was then called Xalisco , and inhabited by fierce tribes of men who had never been conquered by the Mexicans . Flattering accounts of the fertility HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA ...
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... hundred miles from the Pacific , near the 24th parallel of latitude . Cortes landed on the shore of this bay , rocky and forbidding as it ap- peared , with a hundred and thirty men , and forty horses . He then sent back two of his ships ...
... hundred miles from the Pacific , near the 24th parallel of latitude . Cortes landed on the shore of this bay , rocky and forbidding as it ap- peared , with a hundred and thirty men , and forty horses . He then sent back two of his ships ...
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History of the State of California : from the Period of the Conquest by ... John Frost Полный просмотр - 1851 |
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Стр. 393 - The powers of the government of the state of California shall be divided into three separate departments: The legislative, the executive, and judicial ; and no person charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any functions appertaining to either of the others, except in the cases hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
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