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1. Extracto del diario, 1788.
- Creator:
- Pantoja y Arriaga, Juan
- Published / Created:
- 1788
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-216
- Image Count:
- 62
- Abstract:
- 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Voyages and travels--History--19th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Extracto del diario, 1788.
2. Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789 Jun 28.
- Published / Created:
- 1789 June 28
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1541 N843
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- Description of a voyage by the ships Princesa and San Carlos, commanded by Esteban José Martínez and Gonzalo Lopez de Maro, along theCalifornia coast to the Russian settlements. The report notes that the ships called at Santiago, Trinidad, and Unalaska, discovering that the Russians had established six settlements and were planning to colonize a port named Nootka in the following year. The document also speculates about problems the Russian port selltements pose for the Spanish.
- Description:
- Typewritten English translation also available.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alaska--Discovery and exploration, California--Description and travel, Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, and Unalaska (Alaska)
- Subject (Name):
- Lopez de Haro, Gonzalo, Martínez, Esteban José,--1742-1798, Princesa (Ship), and San Carlos (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Russians--California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789 Jun 28.
