Spanish and Indian Place Names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance (Illustrated Edition)

Spanish and Indian Place Names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Nellie Van De Grift Sanchez
Publisher: Echo Library
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2019-06-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781406894929

Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez (1856-1935) was the younger sister of Robert Louis Stevenson's wife Fanny and at one time, prior to her own marriage, acted as Stevenson's amanuensis. Fanny died in 1914 and her sister published a biography entitled The Life of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson in 1920. This work, published in 1914 and illustrated throughout, delves into the history behind place names in California, derived from both the Native Americans and early Spanish explorers, and offers an insight into their meanings. .

Spanish and Indian place names of California

Spanish and Indian place names of California
Author: Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2022-05-29
Genre: History
ISBN:

The author of this book believes that every placename contains its unique history and romantics. By viewing toponyms as footprints of the distant epochs, Nellie Sanchez collects the names of the Spanish and Indian origin in the areas around San-Francisco and Los-Angeles and provides a fascinating historical insight into their roots. For example, a reader learns that a Mercy River obtained its name, as it was the first river met by thirsty men who had traveled over 40 miles over a dry valley.

The Dial

The Dial
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1909
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Spanish and Indian Place Names of California

Spanish and Indian Place Names of California
Author: Nellie Van De Grift Sanchez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789361476471

Spanish and Indian place names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Sierra Club Bulletin

Sierra Club Bulletin
Author: Sierra Club
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1915
Genre: Conservation of natural resources
ISBN:

Includes section "Book reviews."

Spanish and Indian Place Names of California

Spanish and Indian Place Names of California
Author: Nellie van de Grift Sanchez
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2015-07-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781330569412

Excerpt from Spanish and Indian Place Names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance The author wishes to express grateful appreciation of generous aid given in the preparation of this book by Herbert E. Bolton, Ph. D., Professor of American History in the University of California. Acknowledgment is also due to Dr. A. L. Kroeber, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Harvey M. Hall, Assistant Professor of Economic Botany, Dr. John C. Merriam, Professor of Palaeontology, Dr. Andrew C. Lawson, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, all of the University of California; Mr. John Muir, Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, O. F. M., Mr. Charles B. Turrill, of San Francisco, and many other persons in various parts of the state for their courtesy in furnishing points of information. For the sources used in the work, the author is indebted, in great measure, to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, and to the many writers from whose works quotations have been freely used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Californiana

Californiana
Author: Newbegin's, bookseller, San Francisco
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1926
Genre: California
ISBN: