Chapter One. "Doing the King's Business" on El Camino Real de California: An Introduction
Chapter Two. Early Spanish Maritime Views of the California Coast
Chapter Three. The Origins of the Camino Real: The Maritime and Land Expeditions of 1769 from Baja California Sur to Alta California
Chapter Four. Portolá's Expedition and the Establishment of Alta California, Part I: From San Diego Bay to the Santa Bárbara Channel and the Santa Inéz River, July through August, 1769
Chapter Five. Portolá's Expedition and the Establishment of Alta California, Part II: The Search for Monterey Bay--From the Sierra de Santa Lucía to San Francisco Bay, September to November 1769
Chapter Six. Portolá's Expedition and the Establishment of Alta California, Part III: The Expedition Returns to San Diego--November 1769 to January 1770
Chapter Seven. Missions and Ranchos in Spanish Colonial and Mexican Territorial Alta California
Epilogue
Appendix A. Identification of Presidios and Royal Presidio Ranchos
Appendix B. The Missions of Alta California
Appendix C. The Missions of Baja California and the Early Camino Real de California
Appendix D. "The King's Highway as Serra Knew It": Father Geiger and California's Camino Real de las Misiones
Appendix E. Selected and Edited List of Land Grants in California, 1784-1848, Potentially Related to the Camino Real de California
Appendix F. Examples of Maritime Lanes Used to Alta California
Appendix G. The Camino Real de las Californias: The Land Route from Baja California to San Diego in 1769
Appendix H. Summary of Fray Juan de Crespí's Diary Entry Locations by Date, and Notations by H. E. Bolton