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Selected items on maritime discovery and exploration on the Northwest coast of America : transcripts, 1769-1803.
BANC MSS Z-E 2 pt.II box 1; BANC MSS Z-E 2 pt.II box 2; BANC MSS Z-E 2 pt.II box 3
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Title:
Selected items on maritime discovery and exploration on the Northwest coast of America : transcripts, 1769-1803Creator/Contributor:
Museo Naval (Spain), creatorAbstract:
These papers, originally in the Depósito Hidrográfico at Madrid, and now in the Museo Naval, were copied for Henry Morse Stephens,
ca. 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 (v. 621 of Museo Naval)
Date:
1769 (issued)Subject:
Archives -- SpainVoyages to the Pacific coast
California -- History -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- Sources
Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration
Note:
Malaspino document (part II, box 3:20) : also available on microfilm.
Estevan Martínez, Diario de la Navigación, 1789 (part II, box 3:19) : also available on microfilm.
Guide to record prints and transcripts.
Physical Description:
3 boxes.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 818:2) and positive.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 97:8) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS Z-E 2 pt.II box 1
BANC MSS Z-E 2 pt.II box 2
BANC MSS Z-E 2 pt.II box 3