The Founding of Spanish California: the Northwestward Expansion of New Spain, 1687-1783

New York: Macmillan, 1916. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo with blue boards and gitl spine stamping; xxxii, 485 pages: frontispiece (portrait) maps, double facsimile; index; 23 cm Fine. Hardcover.

Contents: Introduction / by H. Morse Stephens. I. The Spanish advance from Mexico City to Pimería Alta, 1521-1687. II. Early projects for advance by way of the Colorado and Gila rivers, 1687-1752. III. Obstacles in the way of an advance, 1752-1765. IV. Achievements of Jose De Galvez, 1765-1771. V. The need for an overland route to Alta California, 1769-1773. VI. State of affairs in the frontier provinces, 1771-1773. VII. Garcés and Anza, 1769-1773. VIII. Approaches of the Russians and the English to Spanish possessions of the Pacific Northwest. IX. Diplomacy of the reign of Charles III (1759-1788) from war to war with England, 1763-1779. X. Activities of Spain against foreign aggressions in the Pacific Northwest, 1773-1775. XI. Spanish attention to local problems of the Californias, 1773-1775. XII. The first Anza expedition, and preparations for a second, 1774. XIII. Conditions in Sonora and Baja California, 1773-1776. XIV. Problems and progress of Alta California, 1774-1775. XV. The second Anza expedition and related events, 1775-1776. XVI. Bucarely's difficulties in maintaining the department of San Blas, 1775-1777. XVII. The incompetent rule of Croix, 1776-1783. XVIII. The aftermath, 1783-1822. Appendix I. Table showing total receipts and disbursements of the real Caja of Guadalajara in each year from 1743 to 1781. Appendix II. Specimen tables of the real Caja of Guadalajara showing receipts and disbursements, item by item, for each of two years. Appendix III. Diaries of the Anza expeditions. Appendix IV. The Echeveste-Anza calculation of the probable cost of the second Anza expedition. Appendix V. Resolution of the Junta of December 16, 1774, concerning authorization of a second expedition by Anza to Alta California. Appendix VI. Gálvez's order of March 6, 1779, directing Croix to give the Californias preference in his attention. Appendix VII. Table showing the population by districts of Sinaloa and Sonora in 1781.