Juan de la Bodega y Cuadra journal, 1792-1793.
Material type:
Mixed materialsLanguage: Spanish, Latin Description: 1 item; 1 microfilm reelSubject(s): - Maldonado, José María
- Moziño, José Mariano, 1757-1820?
- Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
- Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Spain, 1793 February 12
- Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Spain, 1794 January 11
- Spain. Armada
- Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Languages
- Logbooks -- Spain -- 18th century
- Natural history -- British Columbia -- Nootka Sound
- Nootka Indians
- Nootka language
- Voyages and travels
- British Columbia -- History
- California -- History
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 18th century
- New Spain
- Nootka Sound (B.C.)
- Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration
- Russia -- Colonies -- America
- San Blas (Mexico) -- History
- Spain -- Colonies -- America
- Spain -- Foreign relations -- 18th century -- Great Britain
- Explorers
- Microfilm edition available, no. 19,848.
Open to research.
Journal kept by Bodega y Cuadra as Spanish commander of a naval expedition from San Blas, Mexico, to Nootka Sound on the coast of Alta California (now British Columbia) that was sent to ascertain the extent of British and Russian penetration into the Northwest Pacific coast. Includes his account of the treaty negotiations (known as the Nootka Convention) with George Vancouver that led to the transfer of the Spanish outpost on Nootka Sound to Great Britain in 1795. Includes a list of Latin names compiled by José Mariano Moziño and José María Maldonado of flora and fauna found on the expedition, glossary of Nootka Indian words, and two folding logs recording weather, wind, latitudes, and longitudes during the voyage.
Microfilm edition available, no. 19,848.
Microfilm edition produced from original in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988.
Spanish explorer. Full name: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra. Variant spelling: Bodega y Quadra.
Collection material in Spanisn, Latin and Nootka.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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