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San Francisco

Port, United States, founded 1776.

About San Francisco

City and county in California, United States.1

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Trade routes

Shipped throughSan Francisco treasure to ChinaSan Francisco was an end of the san francisco treasure to china route.2Shipped throughSan Francisco treasure to eastern US portsSan Francisco was an end of the san francisco treasure to eastern us ports route.2Shipped throughSan Francisco treasure to EnglandSan Francisco was an end of the san francisco treasure to england route.2Shipped throughSan Francisco to Panama gold (Pacific Mail steamers)San Francisco was an end of the san francisco to panama gold (pacific mail steamers) route.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q62 (San Francisco)
  2. Peabody A., Early voyages to California (treasure shipped from San Francisco 1854-1869) Library of Congress (Essex Institute Historical Collections)
  3. Shipwrecks: The Winfield Scott US National Park Service, Channel Islands

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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