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Captains, ship passengers, merchants and merchandise from world seaports into San Francisco during the 1800s. Stories of California's pioneer moguls, financiers, artists, very important passengers, crooks and criminals.
Monterey Bay. The maritime history of California can be divided into several periods: the Native American period; European exploration period from 1542 to 1769; the Spanish colonial period, 1769 to 1821; the Mexican period, 1821 to 1847; and United States statehood period, which continues to the present day. In the history of the California coast, the use of ships and the Pacific Ocean has ...
The first regular steamship service from the west to the east coast of the United States began on February 28, 1849, with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. California left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounded Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrived at San Francisco, California after a 4-month 21-day journey.
Wharfage alone cost medium-sized ships $100 a day and larger ships $200. By the Fall of 1850, about six thousand feet of pier space, extending into the bay like the fingers of two large hands and costing about one million dollars, had been constructed.
7 lip 2015 · Captains, ship passengers, merchants and merchandise from world seaports into San Francisco during the 1800s. Stories of California's pioneer moguls, financiers, artists, very important passengers, crooks and criminals.
19 cze 2018 · The vessels built at Webb’s shipyard for the Gold Rush included the Challenge, Comet, Gazelle, Invincible, and Swordfish. Another notable clipper ship produced by Webb was the Young America, which made voyages as far as Australia and the Far East.
3 paź 2024 · A modern-day cruise liner and the 1886 square-rigged Balclutha. The bowsprit, figurehead and bow of Balclutha with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Scow schooner Alma with sails set, running with the wind on San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands in the background.
