Juan Riobó's diary describes his 1779 expedition from San Blas, Mexico up the west coast of Baja California to discover a Northwest passage. The diary describes local Indians (without identifying them) and the terrain. This item appears to be a contemporary copy.
Description:
Fray Juan Riobó was chaplain of the frigates la Princesa and la Favorita on a voyage under the command of Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco. and Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
Mendocino, Cape (Calif.), Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration, San Blas (Mexico), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Riobo, Juan
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--California and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
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)
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan coast and Queen Charlotte Islands. The last entry comes from Thanikyloo Bay. The map, which is in color, shows the path of the brig Otter along the Northwest Coast of America., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original binding., and Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel, Northwest Coast of North America--Maps, Northwest, Pacific--Maps, Pacific Coast (Alaska)--Description and travel, Pacific Coast (B.C.)--Description and travel, and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alaska, Indians of North America--British Columbia, Seafaring life, Seamen--United States, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
John Edward Harriott's memoirs of his travels in the Hudson's Bay Company territories record events at Fort Carlton in 1819 and a trip made that year from Fort Carlton to Fort Edmonton, an 1822 trip from Fort Chesterfield toward the Pacific, an 1823 trip eastward from a fort on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan to Fort Carlton, an attack on Fort Edmonton by the Indians in 1825, and an 1828 trip from York Factory to New Caledonia and the Columbia River.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Original binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Description and travel, Fort Carlton (Sask.), and Fort Edmonton (Edmonton, Alta.)
Subject (Name):
Harriott, John Edward, 1797-1877 and Hudson's Bay Company
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alberta, Indians of North America--Saskatchewan, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
Account, by Fray Juan Antonio Garciá Riobó, of Ignacio Arteaga's expedition to continue Cuadra's discoveries of 1775. Arteaga left San Blas in 1779, explored Bucareli Sound, the Northwest Coast to Mt. St. Elias, returned by way of Cape Mendocino and San Francisco, and set out on a second journey to San Blas. Original (in folder 1) scanned.
Description:
Fray Juan Riobó was chaplain of the frigates la Princesa and la Favorita on a voyage under the command of Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco., The manuscript is endorsed: "Diario de la expedicion, que se hizo por Mandano de 1779, hasta la altura de 54 grados, y fundacion de la Mission de Sn. Gabriel. Car. 5, Leg. 6 n. 12.", and The manuscript probably once belonged to the library of the College of San Fernando. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe.
Subject (Geographic):
Mendocino, Cape (Calif.), Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration, San Blas (Mexico), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Arteaga y Bazán, Ignacio and Riobo, Juan
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--California and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
The brig Lydia was on a fur trading voyage from Boston to the northwest coast of North America in 1805-1807, Capt. Samuel Hill in command. Along with the log, the volume contains an account of the rescue of John Thompson and John R. Jewitt from the Indians.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel, Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821, Lydia (Brig), Thompson, John, and Walker, William, Jr.
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest Coast of North America--19th century, Indian captivities, Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America, Seafaring life, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
The brig Lydia was on a fur trading voyage from Boston to the northwest coast of North America in 1804-05, Capt. Samuel Hill in command. Along with the log the volume contains an abstract from Joel Richardson's journal regarding the Atahualpa massacre, the 1805 log of the Atahualpa which sailed from the northwest coast to Canton, China, and the 1807 log of the Swift which sailed from Canton to New York.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Atahualpa (Ship), Hill, Samuel, Lydia (Brig), Richardson, Joel, and Swift (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest Coast of North America--19th century, Massacres, Seafaring life, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
