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Descripcion y demarcacion de las Yslas Californias ... : Mexico, 1633-1636.
BANC MSS M-M 179LOCAL
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Title:

Descripcion y demarcacion de las Yslas Californias: Mexico, 1633-1636

Creator/Contributor:

Ortega, Francisco de., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Pacheco y Osorio, Rodrigo, marqués de Cerralvo

Abstract:

Three files containing copies of documents relating to Ortega's 1632, 1633-1634, and 1636 expeditions along the California coast in search of pearl fisheries, aboard the Madre Luisa de la Ascención, including reports presented by Ortega, viceregal orders of the Marqués de Cerralvo, authorizing the expeditions, and the pertinent royal decree of August 2, 1628.

Date:

1633 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Pearl fisheries
Perles -- Pêche commerciale
Discoveries in geography
Pearl fisheries
California -- Discovery and exploration
Californie -- Découverte et exploration
California
Madre Luisa de la Ascención (Ship)
Marqués de -- Cerralvo

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
In Spanish.

Physical Description:

48 pages in portfolio ; 31 cm
partial microfilm reel (26 exposures) : negative (Rich. 101:20) and positive

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC MSS M-M 179LOCAL

Origin:

Mexico

Related Item:

Collection : Bancroft, Hubert Howe, : 1832-1918