Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... i. Introductory.--The following account of some of my late travels in the central part of Baja California is based upon several voyages made during the last three years. My previous journeys to the Cape Region of this peninsula have already been described in the Proceedings of the Cal. Acad. Sci. in 1895 and in the Journal of the American Geographical Society in 1897. The object of these journeys has been one and the same--the horticultural, botanical and zoological exploration of the district. During my last journey from Loreto to Sierra Pintada special attention was also paid to the mineral resources of the district, and especially to the placer mines then lately discovered, and about which a " boom " had spread even to the United States. During these various voyages I have repeatedly visited at first the Cape Region, extending from Cape San Lucas to La Paz, and later on the country north of La Paz to near the 29th parallel. My last voyage (June-August, 1894) extended overland from Loreto to Sierra Pintada, a rocky promontory on the Pacific side west of San Ignacio. As the incidents of these trips are less interesting from a geographical point of view and more suitable for a book of travel, I will in the following paper confine myself to such data and details as will illustrate the nature and aspect of the central part of this very interesting and yet little-known peninsula. In this connection I wish it to be distinctly understood that what is said here relates exclusively, except where otherwise stated, to the central part of Baja California. Both in the Cape Region and in the northern part of the peninsula the conditions are somewhat different. The most easy way to reach the southern and central parts of Baja California is by steamer...
