A Spanish voyage to Vancouver and the north-west coast of America / edited and translated cecil jane
Amsterdam : N. Israel New York : Da Capo Press, 1971. Fine Facsimile Reprint. An exceptional copy in simile vellum. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective wrapping.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 142 pages; Physical desc.:xiv, 142 p : illus ; 26 cm. Notes: Translation of Relacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana. Dates of available copies: 1930.Subjects:Sutil (Schooner) Mexicana (Schooner) Nootka Indians. Juan de Fuca Strait (B.C. and Wash.). Northwest Passage. Northwest coast of North America. Series: Argonaut Press Publications ; 10. Summary: The account of the expedition of the schooners Sutil and Mexicana to the N.W. Coast of America was originally printed in 1802 by Martín Fernández de Navarrete. The narrative is anonymous, but internal evidence suffices to prove that it was written by one of the officers attached to the expedition, on the Sutil. There is some reason for the assumption that this unknown officer was probably the cartographer on this vessel. Narratives of voyages to discover a N.W. passage from the Atlantic side are familiar to all, but the efforts of the Spaniards to find such a passage from the Pacific are much less known. Item #171327
ISBN: 9060727010
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