Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco's Waterfront

by James P. Delgado

Book Overview

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 global goods was traded and transported. Drawing on excavations in buried ships and collapsed buildings from this period, James P. Delgado re-creates San Francisco's unique maritime landscape, shedding new light on the city's remarkable rise from a small village to a boomtown of thousands in the three short...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520255801
• ISBN13: 9780520255807
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"