Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789 Jun 28.

1 item (3 p.)

Spanish

Typewritten English translation also available.

Purchased from Edward Eberstadt & Sons on the Winlock William Miller Fund, 1968.

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.

June 01, 2002

Noticias de la Exploracion del Norte de Californias. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Noticias de la Exploracion del Norte de Californias. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.