Louis-Antoine de Bougainville journals, 1778-1782.
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 18
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The second set, dated 1781 Mar 22 - 1782 May 1, is written in nine notebooks. The journals begin with the departure of the fleet from Brest for the Antilles, where it stayed until August, when it sailed to the North American coast to provide assistance to the French and American armies. The journals carry a description of the battle of the Chesapeake, councils of war on board de Grasse's ship, the battle of Yorktown, victory celebrations, the departure of the fleet for the Antilles, where he records the Battle of the Saintes, later a matter of dispute between Bougainville and de Grasse. and Two sets of holograph journals kept by a French naval commander during the American Revolution. The first set, dated 1778 Apr 13 - 1779 Dec 21, is written in fifteen notebooks numbered 1-16, lacking number 12, and cover the entire cruise of the fleet of Admiral d'Estaing from its departure from Toulon in April 1778 to its return to France in December 1779. The journals are a daily record carrying navigational details and personal observations while recording the movements of the French fleet, including abortive operations against the British at Newport, Rhode Island, the fleet's anchorage in Nantasket Roads [Boston harbor], and operations against Savannah. The missing 12th notebook, lost sometime in the 19th century, covers the period from 18 June to 26 July, 1779, while the fleet was in the Antilles. The journals include English passages from the Boston Gazette and British reports, and include a copy of an order from d'Estaing. They are accompanied by a pen-and-ink and watercolor map of Boston harbor showing the French fleet riding at anchor.
Description:
Bougainville, French naval commander under d'Estaing and de Grasse in the American Revolution. He commanded the ship-of-the-line Guerrier under d'Estaing, and as rear-admiral commanded the Auguste under de Grasse.
Subject (Geographic):
Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)--Maps, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives, West Indies--History--1775-1783, and Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri,--comte d',--1729-1794 and Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse,--comte de,--1722-1788
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)
The manuscript describes an 1789 Spanish expedition to the Northwest coast to determine the extent of Russian settlement and trade, as well as the activities of other nations in the region. Meetings with captains James Colnett, Robet Gray, William Douglas, and John Kendrick, and the seizure of the British ships Argonaut and Princess Royal, and the Portuguese ship Iphigenia, are recorded. The work also includes a vocabulary of the Nootka language and a description of the Nookta region and Indians.
Description:
Blanks not digitized., Contemporary copy., Fray Francisco Miguel Sánchez, a Franciscan from the College of San Fernado at San Blas, accompanied an 1789 expedition to Nootka Sound to establish a mission., Moused, with some loss of text., and The manuscript formerly belonged to Jose M. Linga. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
Nootka Sound (B.C.)--Description and travel and Northwest Coast of North America--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Douglas, William,--fl. 1789, Espi, José,--Fray, Flóres, Manuel Antonio de, Gray, Robert,--1755-1806, Kendrick, John,--ca. 1740-1794, Lopez de Haro, Gonzalo, Martínez, Esteban José,--1742-1798, Patero, Severo,--Fray, Sánchez, Francisco Miguel,--Fray, and Sosies, Lorenzo,--Fray
Subject (Topic):
Nootka Indians and Nootka language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
The journal describes an 1849 voyage from Boston to San Francisco via Cape Horn on the Brig Colorado with lenghty stops at St. Catherines, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. True comments daily on the weather, living conditions, and the passenger's amusements, which included producing and reading aloud a weekly paper, The Boston and California Pioneer. True often discourses on religion and describes the characters of passengers and crew. The journal includes a passenger list and notes ships met or sited. True's diary ends before the ship reaches San Francisco.
Description:
For another account of this voyage see Samuel Brackett's Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California (WA MSS S-1417). and The journal is annotated in pencil in what seems to be a much later hand. There are several pages of text following the diary which date from the 1860s.
Manuscript, possibly autograph, of Moziño's account of the Nootka expedition, later published as Noticias de Nutka. In twelve chapters, the work describes the discovery and locations of the Nootka and details their social life and customs, government, religious beliefs, natural resources, and trade. Moziño also discusses the relations between the English and Spanish on the Northwest coast, including their conflict over the Spanish seizure of the Argonaut, the Princess Royal, and the Portuguese ship Iphegenia. There are also references to the explorations of the Americans John Kendrick and the trader Robert Gray.
Alternative Title:
Noticias de Nutka.
Description:
Don José Mariano Moziño Suárez de Figueroa, botanist appointed as naturalist to the 1792 Expedición de Limites al Norte de California by Viceroy Revilla-Gigedo. He later collaborated with Martin de Sessé on his Plantae Novae Hispaniae and Flora Mexicana.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--American
Holograph journal of the ship Leviathan, flagship of Admiral Duckworths command group in the Mediterranean and off Spain from May 1799 to May 1800. The logbook tracks weather conditions, routine activities on all of the ships under his command and signal