The first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775; the original narrative, hitherto unpublished, and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full colour from the brush and pencil of Louis Choris who was at San Francisco in 1816. Edited by John Galvin.

Mexico 001 Santa Maria, Vicente de, O. F. M. (1742 – July 16, 1806). The first Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay, 1775; the original narrative, hitherto unpublished, and further details by participants in the first explorations of the Bay's waters, together with four contemporary maps and six illustrations in full colour from the brush and pencil of Louis Choris who was at San Francisco in 1816. Edited by John Galvin. San Francisco: Published by John Howell - Books, 1971, 130p, bib, illus. (part col.), facsims., maps.Designed and printed by Lawtonand Alfred Kennedy.Text in English and Spanish. Larger, handsome book in like dust jacket. $22.50

Contents: Introduction -- Prologue, from the journal of Father Miguel de la Campa, 1775 -- Journal of Father Vicente Santa Maria, 1775 -- The map that accompanied Father Santa María's journal -- From the journal of Juan Manuel de Ayala, 1775 -- Letter of Captain Ayala to the Viceroy Bucareli, November 9, 1775 -- The report of José de Cañizares to Captain Ayala, 1775 -- The map that accompanied Cañizares' report -- The engraving of 1781 after Cañizares' maps -- From an account by Father Juan Crespí of the Fages Expedition of 1772 -- The map that accompanied Father Crespí's account.