J. Pallamary really surveys the San Diego scene in his
new book. Lay of the Land: The History of Land
Surveying in San Diego County charts Gen.
Stephen Kearnys corps of surveyors during
the Mexican War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
that established the new border between the United States
and Mexico, the county's changing boundaries, the relocation
of the San Diego River, the transformation of
False Bay to Mission Bay and many other
worked on this book for 20 years. Previously he co-wrote
The History of San Diego Land Surveying Experiences
and the university textbook Advanced Land Descriptions.
The new book, published by http://www.1stbooks.com/,
is $24.50 for the paperback or $5.95 for the electronic