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From 1825 to 1848 the average number of ships traveling to California increased to about 25 ships per year—a large increase from the average of 2.5 ships per year from 1769 to 1824. [27] The port of entry for trading purposes was the Alta California Capital, Monterey, California, where customs duties of about 100% were applied. These high ...
The first regular steamship service from the west to the east coast of the United States began on February 28, 1849, with the arrival of the SS California (1848) in San Francisco Bay. California left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounded Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrived at San Francisco, California after a 4-month 21-day ...
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ... Pages in category "17th-century ships" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... English ship Nonsuch (1646)
Ships built in California (6 C, 18 P) Shipwrecks of the California coast (1 C, 119 P) Steamboat transport on the Colorado River (1 C, 36 P)
Major Pierson (1781 ship) Manchester Packet (1806 ship) Margaret (1791 ship) Marquis de Somerulas (1800 ship) Mary Robinson (clipper) Memnon (clipper) Mendi (barque) Montezuma (1804 ship) Montezuma (1822 ship)
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; ... 18th-century establishments in The ... 18th century in San Jose, California (1 P) Y. Years of the 18th century in The ...
In the deep waters between Morocco and Spain, wreck-divers discovered a pirate ship that may have sailed the seas during the 18th century. The ship was heavily armed with cannons, guns, and ...
Most Spanish settlements were along the California coast or the Santa Fe River in New Mexico. The first successful English colony was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown. It languished for decades until a new wave of settlers arrived in the late 17th century and set up commercial agriculture based on tobacco.