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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft

by Hubert Howe Bancroft

This is a 39-volume collection of histories of western North America and Central America, written by Hubert Howe Bancroft. It was published in San Francisco in the late 19th century.

Below we link to the contents in volume number order, which is not always the same as publication order. Except where noted, the links are to copies held by the Internet Archive, and to volumes published by A. L. Bancroft and Co.

• Volume I: The Native Races, v1: Wild Tribes (1883; see also Gutenberg transcription)
• Volume II: The Native Races, v2: Civilized Nations (1883; see also Gutenberg transcription)
• Volume III: The Native Races, v3: Myths and Languages (1882; see also Gutenberg transcription of 1883 edition)
• Volume IV: The Native Races, v4: Antiquities (1883; see also Gutenberg transcription)
• Volume V: The Native Races, v5: Primitive History (1883; see also Gutenberg transcription)
• Volume VI: History of Central America, v1: 1501-1530 (The History Company, 1886)
• Volume VII: History of Central America, v2: 1530-1800 (1883)
• Volume VIII: History of Central America, v3: 1801-1887 (The History Company, 1887)
• Volume IX: History of Mexico, v1: 1516-1521 (1883)
• Volume X: History of Mexico, v2: 1521-1600 (1883)
• Volume XI: History of Mexico, v3: 1600-1803 (1883; reissued 1887 by the History Company)
• Volume XII: History of Mexico, v4: 1804-1824 (1885; reissued 1886 by the History Company)
• Volume XIII: History of Mexico, v5: 1824-1861 (1885)
• Volume XIV: History of Mexico, v6: 1861-1887 (The History Company, 1888)
• Volume XV: History of the North Mexican States, v1: 1531-1800 (1884; reissued 1886 by the History Company)
• Volume XVI: History of the North Mexican States and Texas, v2: 1801-1889 (The History Company, 1889)
• Volume XVII: History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888 (The History Company, 1889)
• Volume XVIII: History of California, v1: 1542-1800 (1884; reissued 1886 by the History Company)
• Volume XIX: California, v2: 1801-1824 (1885)
• Volume XX: History of California, v3: 1825-1840 (1885)
• Volume XXI: History of California, v4: 1840-1845 (1886)
• Volume XXII: History of California, v5: 1846-1848 (The History Company, 1886)
• Volume XXIII: History of California, v6: 1848-1859 (The History Company, 1888)
• Volume XXIV: History of California, v7: 1860-1890 (The History Company, 1890)
• Volume XXV: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 (The History Company, 1890)
• Volume XXVI: History of Utah, 1540-1886 (The History Company, 1889)
• Volume XXVII: History of the Northwest Coast, v1: 1543-1800 (1884)
• Volume XXVIII: History of the Northwest Coast, v2: 1800-1846 (1884)
• Volume XXIX: History of Oregon, v1: 1834-1848 (The History Company, 1886)
• Volume XXX: History of Oregon, v2: 1848-1888 (The History Company, 1888)
• Volume XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1845-1889 (The History Company, 1890)
• Volume XXXII: History of British Columbia, 1792-1887 (The History Company, 1887)
• Volume XXXIII: History of Alaska, 1730-1885 (1886)
• Volume XXXIV: California Pastoral, 1769-1848 (The History Company, 1888)
• Volume XXXV: California Inter Pocula (The History Company, 1888)
• Volume XXXVI: Popular Tribunals, v1 (The History Company, 1887)
• Volume XXXVII: Popular Tribunals, v2 (The History Company, 1887)
• Volume XXXVIII: Essays and Miscellany (The History Company, 1890)
• Volume XXXIX: Literary Industries (The History Company, 1890)

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