Inscribed and signed in French by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, dated May 28, 1864. French Merchant Combier touched at La Paz, Loreto and the Isla de Carmen, to assemble a cargo of hides. He describes the rancho life during this time and the work provides much information about the products, geology and geography of Sonora. Includes the often missing folding map, titled "Carte de la Sonora" with the north most section Mexico along the Gulf of California (Sonora) hand-colored in outline, plus adjacent surroundings present including parts of Baja California, California and modern-day Arizona and New Mexico (with Apache territories identified). Sabin 14925; Barrett 555; Hill pp.59-60.