Papers pertaining to the 1789 Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America. Under the command of Alessandro Malaspina, the expedition sailed from Cadiz to the west coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to South America, south to the Falkland Islands, around Cape Horn, and north along the west coast to Acapulco, where the documentation ends. In addition, there is material on the shipwreck of the San Pedro Alcantara, a voyage to the China Sea, and a map of the west coast of Central America.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Atrevida (Corvette), Cordova, Luis de, Descubierta (Corvette), Eguia, Manuel de, Fernán-Núñez, Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Rohan Chabot, conde de, 1742-1795, Gutierrez de Rubalcava, Joaquin, Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809, Mazarredo, Joseph, Muñoz, Xavier, fl. 1786, Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799, Sesma, Fermin, Sevena, Pedro de, and Valdés y Bazan, Antonio, 1744-1816
Papers pertaining to the 1789 Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America. Under the command of Alessandro Malaspina, the expedition sailed from Cadiz to the west coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to South America, south to the Falkland Islands, around Cape Horn, and north along the west coast to Acapulco, where the documentation ends. In addition, there is material on the shipwreck of the San Pedro Alcantara, a voyage to the China Sea, and a map of the west coast of Central America.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Atrevida (Corvette), Cordova, Luis de, Descubierta (Corvette), Eguia, Manuel de, Fernán-Núñez, Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Rohan Chabot, conde de, 1742-1795, Gutierrez de Rubalcava, Joaquin, Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809, Mazarredo, Joseph, Muñoz, Xavier, fl. 1786, Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799, Sesma, Fermin, Sevena, Pedro de, and Valdés y Bazan, Antonio, 1744-1816
Papers pertaining to the 1789 Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America. Under the command of Alessandro Malaspina, the expedition sailed from Cadiz to the west coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to South America, south to the Falkland Islands, around Cape Horn, and north along the west coast to Acapulco, where the documentation ends. In addition, there is material on the shipwreck of the San Pedro Alcantara, a voyage to the China Sea, and a map of the west coast of Central America.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Atrevida (Corvette), Cordova, Luis de, Descubierta (Corvette), Eguia, Manuel de, Fernán-Núñez, Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Rohan Chabot, conde de, 1742-1795, Gutierrez de Rubalcava, Joaquin, Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809, Mazarredo, Joseph, Muñoz, Xavier, fl. 1786, Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799, Sesma, Fermin, Sevena, Pedro de, and Valdés y Bazan, Antonio, 1744-1816
Papers pertaining to the 1789 Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America. Under the command of Alessandro Malaspina, the expedition sailed from Cadiz to the west coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to South America, south to the Falkland Islands, around Cape Horn, and north along the west coast to Acapulco, where the documentation ends. In addition, there is material on the shipwreck of the San Pedro Alcantara, a voyage to the China Sea, and a map of the west coast of Central America.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Atrevida (Corvette), Cordova, Luis de, Descubierta (Corvette), Eguia, Manuel de, Fernán-Núñez, Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Rohan Chabot, conde de, 1742-1795, Gutierrez de Rubalcava, Joaquin, Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809, Mazarredo, Joseph, Muñoz, Xavier, fl. 1786, Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799, Sesma, Fermin, Sevena, Pedro de, and Valdés y Bazan, Antonio, 1744-1816
Papers pertaining to the 1789 Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America. Under the command of Alessandro Malaspina, the expedition sailed from Cadiz to the west coast of Africa, across the Atlantic to South America, south to the Falkland Islands, around Cape Horn, and north along the west coast to Acapulco, where the documentation ends. In addition, there is material on the shipwreck of the San Pedro Alcantara, a voyage to the China Sea, and a map of the west coast of Central America.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish and Northwest Passage
Subject (Name):
Atrevida (Corvette), Cordova, Luis de, Descubierta (Corvette), Eguia, Manuel de, Fernán-Núñez, Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Rohan Chabot, conde de, 1742-1795, Gutierrez de Rubalcava, Joaquin, Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809, Mazarredo, Joseph, Muñoz, Xavier, fl. 1786, Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799, Sesma, Fermin, Sevena, Pedro de, and Valdés y Bazan, Antonio, 1744-1816
Unsigned autograph manuscript calculation of the cost of transporting a slave from Montevideo, Uruguay to Lima, Peru through Chile. Lists expenses including food, clothing, hire of mules, sea passage, totalling 113 pesos.
Description:
Phillipps MS 16220. Purchased from Alan G. Thomas on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1980. and Title reads: Calculo del costo que por razon de dños y transporte tiene un negro comprado en Montevideo con destino para venderse en la Ciudad de Lima, conduciendolo por la via de Chile.
Leprince de Beaumont, Madame (Jeanne-Marie), 1711-1780
Published / Created:
1778
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 562
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Manuscript in an unidentified hand, signed with the initials "D. T. B. B.", of a Spanish translation of this epistolary novel by Leprince de Beaumont.
Alternative Title:
Lettres de Madame Du Montier. Spanish
Description:
Binding: full marbled calf; marbled endpapers., Former call number: Uncat MSS 699., and Madame Leprince de Beaumont (1711-1780) was a French novelist, best-known for her version of Beauty and the beast.
Subject (Name):
Leprince de Beaumont,--Madame--(Jeanne-Marie),--1711-1780
Subject (Topic):
French fiction--18th century, French literature--Translations into Spanish, Spanish literature--18th century, and Spanish literature--Translations into French
Bound autograph manuscript in several unknown hands.
Description:
Bound in vellum., Stamp of St. Francis Xavier College Library inside front cover. From the library of St. Francis Xavier College, New York. From the collection of Otto Dümler. Gift of Mrs. Otto Dümler., and Title in English from inside front cover, written by later owner. Manuscript in Spanish.
Subject (Name):
Dümler, Otto--Ownership and Saint Francis Xavier College--Ownership
The depositions are probably part of an expediente in relation to Reuben Ross's petition for a land grant. Included are statements by Horatio J. Offutt and Bernardo Amado y Outon.
Subject (Name):
Amado y Outon, Bernardo , Offutt, Horatio J., and Ross, Reuben, d. 1828
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
