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Selected items on maritime discovery and exploration on the Northwest coast of America : transcripts, 1769-1803.
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Title:

Selected items on maritime discovery and exploration on the Northwest coast of America : transcripts, 1769-1803

Creator/Contributor:

Stephens, H. Morse (Henry Morse), 1857-1919, collector.

Creator/Contributor:

Museo Naval (Spain)

Abstract:

The transcripts of these papers, originally in the Depósito Hidrográfico at Madrid and now in the Museo Naval, were made for Henry Morse Stephens, approximately 1909-1910. Includes Alejandro Malaspina, "Descripción física de las Costas de la California, comprendidas al Sur del Cabo Blanco, con algunas nociones sobre las Provincias internas, y sus habitadores," an exact copy of the first document of the four that comprise a manuscript book titled "Descripción de las Californias," which exists in the Depósito Hidrográfico in Madrid, Letter 5a (volume 621 of Museo Naval)

Date:

1769 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-mx---
Archives -- Spain
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Archives -- Espagne
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique
Archives
Discoveries in geography
Voyages to the Pacific coast
California -- History -- To 1846
Mexico -- History
Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration
Californie -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1846
Mexique -- Histoire
Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) -- Découverte et exploration
California
Mexico
North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
Spain

Note:

Estevan Martínez, Diario de la Navigación, 1789 (part II, box 3:19) : Also available on microfilm.
Malaspino document (part II, box 3:20) : Also available on microfilm.
Guide to record prints and transcripts.
Selected items on maritime discovery and exploration on the Northwest coast of America, BANC MSS Z-E 2, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In Spanish.
Museo Naval, Madrid, Spain.

Type:

History.

Physical Description:

microfilm reel
1.3 (3 1
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 97:8) and positive.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 818:2) and positive.

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

Spain