Buy this book on-line Stillman, Jacob D : An 1850 Voyage : San Francisco to Baltimore by Sea and by LandLewis Osborne, Palo Alto, California, 1967
Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration of anchor on front. 109 pages with maps of 1850 sea routes around the America's on endpapers, 34 illustrations, complete. From colophon, "This edition was limited to 2,350 copies". Jacob David Babcock Stillman (1819-1888) was a physician who first migrated to California in 1849. While there, he co-founded the first hospital in California, located in Sacramento. Suffering from jaundice and fever in San Francisco in 1850, he longed for home. Because of an outbreak of cholera in Panama, he chose to cross Nicaragua. This is an account of his journey. He was to return to California with his family in 1856 and prosper, becoming Leland Stanford's personal physician.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Stillman, Jacob D : An 1850 Voyage : San Francisco to Baltimore by Sea and by Land. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, incunabula, antiquarian books, fine bindings and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |