A Bibliography of Early California
and Neighboring Territory Through 1846:

An Era of Exploration, Missions, Presidios, Ranchos, and Indians

Compiled by
Robert LeRoy Santos
California State University, Stanislaus
University Library

Alley-Cass Publications
Turlock, CA
2002

Chapter Two

EXPLORATION

This chapter contains works about European exploration of the coast of Baja and Alta California.


[B1]
Aker, Raymond and Edward P. Von der Porten. Discovering Francis Drake's California Harbor. Palo Alto: Drake Navigator Guild, 2000. 73 pp.

[B2]
Barletta, Vincent. "'Scripta Nuda Tenemus': Newly Discovered Manuscripts on the Exploration of New Spain." Romance Philology 53(Fall 1999): 23- 42. Notes: Provides details of 50 manuscripts discovered in 1994 concerning exploration of the Pacific Coast during the 14th and 15th centuries.

[B3]
Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la. El Descubrimiento del Fin del Mundo. Edited by Salvador Bernabeu Albert. Madrid: Alianza, 1990. 262 pp. Notes: These are the journals kept by Bodega during the voyages of 1774-75, 1779, 1792 and first time published together. In Spanish.

[B4]
Boneau Companys, Fernando. Peres Fages: Un Catala Molt Singular a California. Lerida, Spain: Diputacio de Lleida, 1991. 313 pp. Notes: Biographical information about Pedro Fages, Catalan by birth, and explorer in New Spain and California. In Spanish.

[B5]
Bouvier, Virginia M. "Maps and Myths: Charting an Empire in Spanish California." Journal of the West 40(Fall 2001): 81. Notes: Traces the documentation of coastal exploration found in chronicles of the period, seventeenth century.

[B6]
Byerly, Edward Andrew. "Behind the Illumination of Terra Incognita: Culture, Power and Resources in the Cartographic History of California, 1541-1903." Ph.D. diss., Arizona State University, 1997. 322 pp. Notes: Focuses on maps as sources of history.

[B7]
Cabrillo Historical Association. Cabrillo's World: A Commemorative Edition of Cabrillo Festival Historic Seminar Papers. San Diego: The Association, 1991. 88 pp. Notes: Contains papers on Cabrillo's voyage, shipbuilding and the effect Europeans had on the Kumeyaay culture.

[B8]
Emanuels, George. Early California Voyages. Sonoma, CA: Diablo Books, 2001. 287 pp. Notes: A history of the explorers and ships.

[B9]
Gould, Barry M. Drake's Portus Novae Albonis: George Davidson's Pursuit of Historical Evidence. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1991. 12 pp. Notes: A paper from the Great Ocean Conference: the North Pacific to 1600, Portland Oregon, 1991.

[B10]
Kendrick, John. "Spaniards on the West Coast." Beaver 67:3(1987): 51-54. Notes: Examines the life of a lesser known Spanish explorer, Jose Maria Narvaez, who visited California during the Mexican period.

[B11]
Kelsey, Harry. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1998. 261 pp.

[B12]
Lemke, Nancy. Cabrillo: First European of the California Coast. San Luis Obispo, CA: EZ Nature Books, 1991. 125 pp.

[B13]
Mathes, W. Michael. "Francisco de Ortega's Third Voyage to the Gulf of California: A Historical Reality." Hispanic American Historical Review 71(February 1991): 133-135.

[B14]
Mobbs, Kevin Lee. "Music on the Voyages of Sir Francis Drake and Major Spanish Expeditions of the Western Hemisphere." D.M.A. diss., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000. 83 pp. Notes: Chronicles the use musicians during the long voyages and expeditions for entertainment and military expressions.

[B15]
Navarro Garcia, Luis. Francisco de Ulloa: Explorador de California y Chile Austral. Badajoz: Departamento de Publicaciones, Excma. Diputacion Provicinal de Badajoz, 1994. Notes: Biography of explorer Ulloa (1777-1855) who traveled through California, Chile and Sonora, Mexico. In Spanish.

[B16]
Nauman, James D. An Account of the Voyage of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. San Diego: Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, 1999. 97 pp. Notes: Includes a new translation of Cabrillo's "Voyages."

[B17]
O'Grady, Alix. "Russians on the West Coast." Beaver 68:6(1988-1989): 23-29. Notes: Covers the period, 1741-1867, when the Russians were involved in fur hunting and trading along the coast.

[B18]
Polk, Dora. The Island of California: A History of the Myth. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. 398 pp. Notes: Originally published by Arthur H. Clark Co. in 1991 and addresses the exploration theme of California as an island.

[B19]
Rio, Ignacio del. A la Diestra Mano de las Indias: Descubrimiento y Ocupacion de la Baja California. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Insitituto de Investigaciones Historicas, 1990. 108 pp. Notes: Addresses the discovery, colonization and missionization by Jesuits of Baja California. In Spanish.

[B20]
Ruhge, Justin M. Drake in Central California, 1579: Unravelling One of California's Great Historical Mysteries. Goleta, CA: Quantum Imaging Associates, 1990. Notes: An analysis of the archaeological findings at Goleta.

[B21]
San Pio, Maria Pilar de. Expediciones Espanolas del Siglo XVIII: El Paso del Noroeste. Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, 1992. 314 pp. Notes: Describes Spanish exploration of the coast of North America in the eighteenth century.

[B22]
Schwantes, Carlos A. Encounters with a Distant Land: Exploration and the Great Northwest. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Press, 1994. 220 pp. Notes: Has essays on Russian exploration of California and John Fremont.

[B23]
Shaler, William. Diario de un Viaje Entre China y la Costa Noroeste de America Efectuado en 1804. Edited by Estela Jimenez Codinach. Puebla, Mexico: Comision Puebla, Gobierno del Estado and Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Historia, 1990. 106 pp. Notes: Shaler's (1778?-1833) diary of his ocean voyage from China to the Northwestern Coast of North America in 1804. Originally published in 1808. In Spanish.

[B24]
Vogeley, Nancy. "How Chivalry Formed the Myth of California." Modern Language Quarterly 62(June 2001): 165-187. Notes: Examines the works of Rodriguez de Montalvo and Edward Everett Hale in regard to chivalry and Spanish eagerness to locate and explore California.

[B25]
Wilcox, Del. Voyagers to California. Elk, CA: Sea Rock Press, 1991. 232 pp. Notes: A history of the coastal exploration of California.

[B26]
Wilson, Wayne. Gaspar de Portola. Bear, DE: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2002. Notes: Addresses Portola as explorer and later as California's first governor. Juvenile reading level.

[B27]
Ximenez, Fortum. Bitacom de Viaje de Fortum Ximenez: Descubridor y Conquisdor de la Isla de la California. Mexicali, Baja California: Departamento Editorial del Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, 1993. 29 pp. Notes: Description of the early journey of Ximenez in Baja California.

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