Extract from a diary of the second mate on a Spanish voyage to explore the northern coast of California.
Description:
Juan Pantoja y Arriaga, second mate of the frigate la Princesa, one of two ships (the other, la Favorita)on a voyage headed by Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco in 1779. La Princesa was commanded by Juan Francis de la Bodega y Cuadra., Purchased from F. Perez de Velasco by Hiram Bingham in October 1922. Given to the library by Hiram Bingham., and Second work bound in a volume titled Tomo regio para el concilio provincial. For a full description of the volume, search by call number: WA MSS S-216.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Arteaga y Bazán, Ignacio, Favorita (frigate), Pantoja y Arriaga, Juan, and Princesa (Ship)
Vellum bound volume containing three works: 1) El Rey: Muy reverendos en Cristo Padres Arzobispos de las Indias y Islas Filipinas de mi consejo. San Ildefonso [Spain], 27 Aug 1769, 32 p. 2) an account of the Universidad Literaria de Sevilla, 216 p.; and 3) Juan Pantoja y Arriaga, Extracto del diario, San Blas [Mexico], 30 Oct 1788, 114 p.
Description:
Purchased from F. Perez de Velasco by Hiram Bingham in October 1922. Given to the library by Hiram Bingham. and Some works also cataloged separately.
Subject (Geographic):
Latin America--Church history
Subject (Name):
Spain.--Sovereign (1759-1788 : Charles III) and Universidad de Sevilla
