David K
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Crosby's Book 'Gateway to Alta California' on Special
Harry Crosby, famous for researching and traveling El Camino Real in the 60s and 70s and also the Cave Painting books and more created his final Baja
trail research book published in 2003. Gateway to Alta California details precisely the route used by Junípero Serra and others to travel
from the new 1769 mission of San Fernando de Velicatá to San Diego by way of diaries kept by those in the two expedition parties and then modern
travelers with GPS.
Crosby compares the old with the new. There are a series of highly detailed maps and biographies of those in the expedition. The route Serra took was
well inland of the mission road established soon after, to a point just north of Colonet. The remainder of the track to San Diego was on or near the
mission road and today's Hwy. 1.
Sunbelt Publication had the book on sale... scroll down for new deal.
www.oldmissions.com
[Edited on 12-3-2019 by David K]
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David K
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IF "BAJA" was in the title, it may have helped? I know a lot of Baja people love to collect Baja books. Some other great books do not have Baja in the
title (3 of Graham Mackintosh's 4 books and Mike Humfreville's book).
The book is almost entirely set in Baja California, which was the "Gateway" to Alta California. The details are fascinating reading from three
different diaries of 1769 travelers and then the modern GPS location of these places found and spotted on topographic full-color maps.
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David K
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On sale are these Baja books from Sunbelt:
https://mailchi.mp/e01d558ea362/discover-baja-californias-tr...
[Edited on 12-3-2019 by David K]
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David K
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Posts: 64844
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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December 2019 Baja Book Offer from M&E BOOKS
Harry Crosby's Gateway to Alta California (the detailed account and mapping of the final leg of Serra's route to San Diego, from Mission San Fernando
de Velicatá); Harry Crosby's The Cave Paintings of Baja California; Portrait of Paloma (a novel by Harry Crosby); Guacamole Dip (a novel by Daniel
Reveles) are now available for BELOW wholesale pricing (with U.S. shipping included) at www.oldmissions.com
They are available FREE to Baja Nomads who come to my home. I could not see trashing brand new books just to make room, so I rescued them.
Email or u2u me if you want to come here (Bonsall/Fallbrook area along I-15). Otherwise, the large hardback books are only $15 with shipping included
and the paperback books are only $7. Credit/ Debit or PayPal ordering at www.oldmissions.com Other Baja and mission history books are also for sale there.
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