Felix Wierzbicki

Felix Wierzbicki (Polish: Feliks Paweł Wierzbicki [Felix Paul Wierzbicki]; 1 January 1815, in Czerniawka, Volhynia, Poland, now Chernyavka, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine – 26 December 1860, in San Francisco) was a Polish-American veteran of the November 1830 Uprising, physician, soldier,[1] traveler, and writer.

The New York Volunteers was a unit organized by Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson to occupy and settle California.

[5][6][7] The book is an "unvarnished" description of the culture, peoples, and climate of the area at that time.

Wierzbicki described prospective settlers, and included a survey of agriculture and hints on gold mining.

[8] Wierzbicki died on 26 December 1860 in San Francisco and was buried there in the Laurel Hill Cemetery.

California as It Is and as It May Be, or a Guide to the Gold Region , 1849