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The Pacific World a Bibliography of Sources Held at the Huntington Library The Pacific World A Bibliography of Sources Held at the Huntington Library Bibliographer’s Note: This bibliography was compiled from Library of Congress subject headings broadly related to the Pacific world, including “Pacific,” “Hawaii,” “China,” etc. It contains both primary and secondary sources from the library’s reference, rare book, and manuscript collections. The sources range from a wide time period from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries; most are from the nineteenth century where the library’s collection is particularly rich. The bibliography is arranged by subject and cross-referenced where appropriate. The library’s holdings cover a wide array of topics with a particular focus on diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Pacific nations, American exploration in the Pacific, immigration from Pacific countries to the United States, trade between the United States and Pacific nations, American missionary work in the Pacific, and American travel in the Pacific. The library has a particularly rich set of sources on Hawaii in the nineteenth century. Compiled October, 2012 Jessica Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West Australia A. P. Journal for the Year 1854, n.d. California Anderson, Mary E. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California. Boston, MA: American Tract Society, 1865. Bennett, Frederick Debell. Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe, from the Year 1833 to 1836: Comprising Sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian Archipelago, Etc. with an Account of Southern Whales, the Sperm Whale Fishery, and the Natural History of the Climates Visited. London: R. Bentley, 1840. Bookwalter, John W. Canyon and Crater, or, Scenes in California and the Sandwich Islands. Springfield, Ohio: Republic Printing Co, 1874. Bound Home; or, The Gold-hunters’ Manual: a Newspaper Published on Board the Pacific Mail S.S. Co.’s Steamship “Northerner,” Capt. Henry Randall, on Her Trip from San Francisco to Panama, March 2 1852. Peppergrass, Hot-Korn &Co., Publishers and Proprietors. New York: Printed by G.E. Leefe, 1852. Brown, D. Mackenzie. China Trade Days in California: Selected Letters from the Thompson Papers, 1832-1863. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. California China Mail and Flying Dragon. San Francisco [Calif.]: Frederick Marriott, 1867. California-Hawaii Flight of Commander John Rodgers and The navy Plane PN9-1. San Francisco, 1925. Chamisso, Adelbert von, Book Club of California, and Grabhorn Press. A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816. San Francisco: The Book club of California, 1936. Chappe d’Auteroche. A Voyage to California, to Observe the Transit of Venus. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1778. Coke, Henry J. A Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California: With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, Including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles. London: R. Bentley, 1852. Colton, Walter. Deck and Port: Or, Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress to California: With Sketches of Rio Janerio, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco. New York: D.W. Evans & co, 1860. Cooke, Henry David. Papers of Henry David Cooke, n.d. Coulter, John. Adventures on the Western Coast of South America: And the Interior of California: Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and Other Islands in the Pacific Ocean. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. Dalton, Henry. Papers of Henry Dalton, n.d. Damon, Samuel Chenery. A Trip from the Sandwich Islands to Lower Oregon, and Upper California; or, Thirty Leaves Selected from “Our Log-book.” The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries. Extra Number no. 97. Tarrytown, N.Y: Reprinted, W. Abbatt, 1923. Dana, Richard Henry. Two Years Before the Mast: And Other Voyages. The Library of America 161. New York: Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, 2005. Davis, William Heath. Papers of William Heath Davis, n.d. Dunlap, Boutwell, and Anderson Galleries, Inc. Books Relating to California, Oregon, the West Coast and Hawaii; First Editions and Americana Mainly from the Collection of Hon. Boutwell Dunlap and an Historical Jewel casket of California Gold. Order of Sale: Monday afternoon, November 8, Lots 1-337; Tuesday Afternoon, November 9, Lots 368-675. [New York: The Anderson galleries, 1920. Duvall, Marius. A Navy Surgeon in California, 1846-1847: The Journal of Marius Duvall. The John Howell Series on the U.S. Navy in Old California. San Francisco: J. Howell, 1957. Ebbets, A. M. Rosario Curletti Collection of A. M. Ebbets Papers, n.d. Edwards, Philip Leget. California in 1837: Diary of Col. Philip L. Edwards, Containing an Account of a Trip to the Pacific Coast. Sacramento: A.J. Johnson, 1890. Farnham, Thomas Jefferson. Life and Adventures in California, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean. New York: W. H. Graham, 1846. ———. Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean. New York: Published by Saxton & Miles, 1844. Forbes, Alexander. California: a History of Upper and Lower California. San Francisco: Printed by J.H. Nash, 1937. Forbes, David W., Zamorano Club, and Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. An Act to Prohibit Hawaiians from Emigrating to California“where They May Die in Misery,” 1850. San Francisco: Paul Markham Kahn, 1986. Gleason, James Henry. Beloved Sister: The Letters of James Henry Gleason, 1841-1859, from Alta California and the Sandwich Islands, With a Brief Account of His Voyage in 1841 via Cape Horn to Oahu and California. Glendale, Calif: A. H. Clark Co, 1978. Greenhow, Robert. The History of Oregon and California and the Other Territories of the North-west Coast of North America. Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1844. Hudson, John T. Journal and Logbook of John T. Hudson, n.d. Hutton, Wm R. Papers of William Rich Hutton, n.d. Janin, Louis, and Concepcion Mining and Milling Co. Papers of Louis Janin, n.d. Layton, Thomas N. Gifts from the Celestial Kingdom: a Shipwrecked Cargo for Gold Rush California. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2002. Lichtenstein, Hinrich, and Plantin Press. Ferdinand Deppe’s Travels in California in 1837. Early California Travels Series 15. Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1953. Lowe, C. H. Facing Adversities with a Smile: Highlights of My 82-year Odyssey from China to California. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center Publications, 1984. Lyman, Albert. Journal of a Voyage to California, and Life in the Gold Diggings And Also of a Voyage from California to the Sandwich Islands. Hartford, Conn., New York: E.T. Pease; Dexter & Bro.; [etc., etc.], 1852. Lyman, Chester Smith. Around the Horn to the Sandwich Islands and California, 1845-1850: Being a Personal Record Kept by Chester S. Lyman. New Haven: Yale university press, 1924. McClatchy, V. S., Japanese Exclusion League of California, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Japanese Immigration and Colonization. Document / 67th Congress, 1st Session, Senate no. 55. Washington [DC]: G.P.O, 1921. Mercantile Gazette and Prices Current. San Francisco, Calif: E.D. Waters, 1859. Le Netrel, Edmond. Voyage of the Héros: Around the World with Duhaut-Cilly in the Years 1826, 1827, 1828 & 1829. Early California Travels Series 3. Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1951. Nottage, Charles George. In Search of a Climate. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1894. Shaw, William. Golden Dreams and Waking Realities: Being the Adventures of a Gold-seeker in California and the Pacific Islands. London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1851. Speer, William. China and California; Their Relations, Past and Present. A Lecture. San Francisco: Marvin & Hitchcock, 1853. Stearns, Abel. Papers of Abel Stearns, n.d. Swarzwald, Eugene. Eugene Swarzwald “Pictorial California and the Pacific” Collection of Photographs. Graphic, n.d. China Abeel, David. Journal of a Residence in China, and the Neighboring Countries, from 1829-1833. New York, Boston: Leavitt, Lord & co.; Crocker & Brewster, 1834. Allen, Young John. The Diary of a Voyage to China, 1859-1860. Emory University Publications. Sources & Reprints ser. 1. Atlanta, Ga: The Library, Emory University, 1943. American University Club of China, and Shang wu yin shu guan. American University Club of China Lectures 1921-22. Shanghai, China: Commercial Press, Limited, 1922. Auden, W. H. Journey to a War. New York: Random house, 1939. Barrow, John, Cadell & Davies, and Strahan and Preston. Travels in China,: Containing Descriptions, Observations,and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country from Pekinto Canton.: In Which It Is Attempted to Appreciate the Rank That This Extraordinary Empire May Be Considered to Hold in the Scale of Civilized Nations. The second ed. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand. : [Printed by] Strahan and Preston, Printers- Street, 1806. Blakiston, Thomas Wright, John Murray (Firm), and William Clowes and Sons. Five Months on the Yang-Tsze;: With a Narrative of the Exploration of Its Upper Waters, and Notices of the Present Rebellions in China. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross, 1862. Bonynge, Francis. The Future Wealth of America: Being a Glance at the Resources of the United States and the Commercial and Agricultural Advantages... With a Review of the China Trade. New York: Author, 1852. Brown, D. Mackenzie. China Trade Days in California: Selected Letters from the Thompson Papers, 1832-1863. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. Browne, George Waldo. China: The Country and Its People. Boston: D. Estes & Co, 1901. ———. Travel Tales of the Hawaiian Islands, or, The Paradise of the Pacific. The Boys’ and Girls’ Travel Series. Boston: D. Estes, 1900. California China Mail and Flying Dragon. San Francisco [Calif.]: Frederick Marriott, 1867. China Institute of Pacific Relations. Symposium on Chinese Culture. 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