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Selected items from British Museum : additional manuscripts, 1769-1788.
BANC MSS Z-G 18 FILM
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Title:

Selected items from British Museum: additional manuscripts, 1769-1788

Creator/Contributor:

British Library, Collector.

Abstract:

Materials mainly concerning exploration of California, including : Add. Ms. 13986 (Papers relating to Spanish possessions in America)*, vol. III - Extracto Historico de la Expedicion de Sonora ... (1769 expedition from Sonora to San Blas and San Diego). Another portion of Add. Ms. 13986 is in the Bolton Papers, Part I, no. 57; Add. Ms. 17574 (Mexico. Tratados varios), fol. 76-89 (State of the port of Monterey, 1770); Add. Ms. 17622 (Navegación del Mar del Sur), fol. 132-136 (Estéban José Martínez's voyage, 1788; Add. Ms. 20986 (Noticias Militares de America), fol. 54-58 (Description of diary of Portolá expedition, 1769) Maps and plans of a number of frontier presidios of New Spain from Add. Ms. 17622 also included.

Date:

1769 (issued)

Subject:

Portoló, Gaspar de
Martínez, Esteban José -- 1742-1798
Maps
California -- Discovery and exploration
New Spain

Note:

Originals in: the British Library.
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the British Library.

Physical Description:

microfilm
1 microfilm reel (140 exposures) : negative (Rich. 156:12) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS Z-G 18 FILM

Origin:

England

Copyright Note:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the British Library.