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Map Carta de los descubrimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de la America Septentrional por las embaraciones de Sn. Blas, y noticias adguiridas en este viage, dedicada al Exm̃o Sor̃ Conde de Revilla Gigédo Virrey de N.E.

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Title

  • Carta de los descubrimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de la America Septentrional por las embaraciones de Sn. Blas, y noticias adguiridas en este viage, dedicada al Exm̃o Sor̃ Conde de Revilla Gigédo Virrey de N.E.

Summary

  • "Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa (1717-79) was born in Seville, Spain. He served as captain general of Cuba from 1766 to 1771 and as viceroy of New Spain from 1771 to 1779. He reorganized the Spanish military units in the viceroyalty and strengthened and rebuilt fortifications along the Pacific coast and on the Gulf of Mexico, with the objective of forestalling encroachments by other powers. Bucareli took a keen interest in the northern reaches of New Spain. He fought Indian insurrections, invested in fortifying presidios and Spanish and Indian settlements, and sent expeditions to explore and settle the whole coastal area of California and to monitor Russian incursions. Under Bucareli's direction, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra (1743-94) sailed from Mexico along the coast of California and explored and mapped the San Francisco Bay area in 1775. Proceeding further north, he took possession of the Alaska coast for Spain, including Prince of Wales Island, at a place that still bears the name of Viceroy Bucareli (Bucareli Bay, southeastern Alaska). After the death of Juan Pérez, Bodega y Cuadra's pilot, other members of the crew became ill with scurvy, and the expedition was unable to map the new regions it had explored. Spain failed to publicize its findings in maps, and there was no international recognition of its claim. This pen-and-ink map shows the discoveries made by the Spanish on the coast of North America. It is a 1792 copy of an original map depicting the Pacific Coast from the Aleutian Islands to Acapulco and westward to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands). The map includes coastlines, settlements, presidios (fortifications), and missions." World Digital Library.

Created / Published

  • [Mexico?] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1850?].

Headings

  • -  Pacific Coast (North America)--Maps
  • -  North America--Pacific Coast

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Facsimiles

Notes

  • -  Shows the Pacific Coast of North America with place names from Mexico to Alaska.
  • -  Date estimated by the type of paper and ink used.
  • -  Pen-and-ink on paper and mounted on cloth.
  • -  Beneath title: Nota (omitted).
  • -  At lower neat line: Longitud occidental del Puerto de S. Blas que dista del meridiano de Tenerife 88 gradas 52 minutos al oeste.
  • -  Manuscript reproduction of: Carta de los descabrimientos hechos en la Costa N.O. de la America Septentrional por las embaraciones des" Blas, y noticia adguiridas en este viage, dedicada al Esño Sór Conde de Revilla Gigédo Verrey de N.E., por el Comandante de la expedicion de Limites. National Archives at College Park - Cartographic, College Park, Maryland. Some place names that are in English on the reproduction are in Spanish on the original. Borders of islands are shaded. Map boundaries extends north to 63° latitude. Includes note omitted from reproduction "Los establecimiento españoles van señalados con el color encarnado, y con el negro los Rusos." Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Series: Civil Works Map File, File Unit: North America, NAID: 102279125
  • -  Primarily in Spanish, some place names in English.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map ; on sheet 69 x 80 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3350 1792 .C3 1850

Source Collection

  • Bodega y Quadra 18th century coastal chart collection, 1775-1792

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99446215

Online Format

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Carta de los descubrimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de la America Septentrional por las embaraciones de Sn. Blas, y noticias adguiridas en este viage, dedicada al Exm̃o Sor̃ Conde de Revilla Gigédo Virrey de N.E. [Mexico?: producer not identified, approximately ?, 1850] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99446215/.

APA citation style:

(1850) Carta de los descubrimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de la America Septentrional por las embaraciones de Sn. Blas, y noticias adguiridas en este viage, dedicada al Exm̃o Sor̃ Conde de Revilla Gigédo Virrey de N.E. [Mexico?: producer not identified, approximately ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99446215/.

MLA citation style:

Carta de los descubrimientos hechos en la costa N.O. de la America Septentrional por las embaraciones de Sn. Blas, y noticias adguiridas en este viage, dedicada al Exm̃o Sor̃ Conde de Revilla Gigédo Virrey de N.E. [Mexico?: producer not identified, approximately ?, 1850] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99446215/>.