Fray Benito de la Sierra's account of the Hezeta Expedition to the Northwest Coast in 1775
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Baker, A. J.
contributor: Wagner, Henry R. (Henry Raup), 1862-1957
creator: Benito de la Sierra, Fray
issued: 2022-03-16
issued: 1930
description: "Reprinted from the California Historical Society Quarterly, vol.9, Sept. 1930, pp.201-242. 50 copies issued separately."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 166.
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extent: 44 pages : maps (1 folded) ; 26 cm
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note: Fray Benito De La Sierra's Account of the Hezeta Expedition to the Northwest Coast in 1775 Translated by A. J. Baker Introduction and Notes by Henry, R. Wagner Fray Benito De La Sierra's Account of the Hezeta Expedition to the Northwest Coast in 1775 Translated by A. J. Baker Introduction and Notes by Henry R. Wagner San Francisco 1930 FRAY BENITO DE LA SIERRA'S ACCOUNT OF THE HEZETA EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHWEST COAST IN 1775 Translated by A. J. Baker Introduction and Notes by Henry R. Wagner The first half of the Eighteenth Century saw a revival of the search for a northwest passage. In view of the importance which was then attached to the apocryphal voyage of Bartholomew de Fonte it seems quite likely that this tale was responsible for the renewed interest in the subject. Fonte's letter had appeared in London in 1708 in the Monthly Miscellany or Memoirs for the Curious. It purports to give an account of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in 1640 and the discovery of a passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The letter appears to have attracted but little attention at the time of publication but its influence may have been much greater than the records show. Arthur Dobbs, an Irishman on whose representations Captain Middleton was sent out by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1737 to search for the passage, was certainly familiar with it. In 1741 Middleton was again sent out to Hudson's Bay, this time by the Admiralty, and after his return Dobbs in 1744 reprinted the Fonte narrative. In the latter part of this year a bill passed Parliament authorizing the payment of a reward of twenty thousand pounds to anyone who should discover the passage, and in 1746 another expedition was sent out to explore the inlets which Middleton had neglected to examine. The results of this expedition were published by Henry Ellis in 1748 in A Voyage to Hudson's Bay by the Dobbs Galley and California in the Years 1746 and 1747 for Discovering a North West Passage. Ellis advanced a numb…
note: Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/970527901 Part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
identifier: F5813.1.H3 S5
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0407258
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: San Francisco : [publisher not identified]
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subject: Hezeta, Bruno de, 1751-1807
subject: Northwest Coast of North America
subject: Discoveries in geography
type: Text