Ames, Samuel, Master of U.S.S. California (1849-1900). Historically Significant Original Manuscript Private Diary of the Master of the U.S.S. “California,” the Flagship of the U.S. Pacific Squadron under the Command of Admiral John A. Winslow, Recording Her 1872 Pacific Cruise of to Honolulu (Hawaii), Rimatara (French Polynesia), Juan Fernandez Island, Valparaiso, Lima, Panama City, Galapagos Islands and San Francisco, Including Notes on King Kamehameha V and Hawaiian Royal Family Members, a “Native Feast” in the Waimea Valley, a Visit of “His Serene Majesty Tamaeva III, autocrat of Rimetera,” Hunting on Juan Fernandez Island, a “Ball Given to the Newly Elected President Don Frederico Errazuriz” in Valparaiso, Destruction after the 1868 Arica Earthquake, Whalers in the Panama Bay, Taking a Panama Railroad Train to “Aspinwall” (Modern-Day Colon), &c. January 1 – December 31, 1872.