Gold rush port : the maritime archaeology of San Francisco's waterfront / James P. Delgado.

"Described as a "forest of masts," San Francisco's Gold Rush waterfront was a floating economy of ships and wharves, where a dazzling array of goods was traded, transported from around the globe to this port city. Drawing on excavations of buried ships and collapsed buildings from this period, James...

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Main Author: Delgado, James P.
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009], ©2009.
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Physical Description:xiv, 238 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book