Spanish explorations in the strait of Juan de Fuca
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Wagner, Henry R. (Henry Raup), 1862-1957
issued: 2022-03-16
issued: 1933
description: "435 copies printed of which 25 were reserved for a special edition. "Sources": pp.67-73. Accounts of the Quimper, Eliza, Galiano-Valdes expeditions and the Spanish establishment of Neah Bay, together with translations of the original diaries of the expeditions and relevant correspondence. Includes the translation of J. Espinosa y Tello's Relaci6n del viage hecho par las goletas Sutil y Mexicana (no.167ii) made in 1911 for the B.C. Archives by G.F. Barwick, Keeper of Printed Books in the British Museum. Published in full, with modifications and corrections by Wagner."-- 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. 316.
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extent: v, 323 pages : maps (6 folded) ; 28 cm
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note: The University of British Columbia Library THE CHUNG COLLECTION Canadian pacific SPANISH EXPLORATIONS IN THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA By HENRY R. WAGNER "Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World" and "Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America" FINE ARTS PRESS Copyright, 1933 By Henry R. Wagner FOREWORD I HE GREAT reputations attained by Captain James Cook and Captain George Vancouver for their ' work of exploration on the northwest coast of [ America have completely dwarfed in the mind of { the public the achievements of the Spaniards during the same period. The two isolated English voyages to the northwest coast appeared in England in large impressive folio volumes and each work was accompanied by a series of maps prepared with great care. The Spanish officers who did far more work were not so fortunate. The Spanish government was not interested in furnishing the rest of the world with information about the northwest coast of America, which they claimed as their own, and it was not until Vancouver appeared upon the scene with the obvious purpose of preparing a work for publication that the Spaniards awoke to the necessity of bringing their discoveries to light and thus of entering somewhat into the spirit of the times. Several manuscripts covering the whole period of Spanish exploration on the coast still exist which seem to have been written about this time. From their general character I judge that it was the intention of the authors to publish them, but a worse fate befell them than befell the account of the Galiano-Valdes expedition. This finally appeared in 1802, the effort to put it out before the English could publish an account of Vancouver's expedition having been frustrated by the troubles into which the Spanish government was plunged at this time. In the Introduction to that voyage, written by Martin Fernandez de Navarrete, a general survey of the entire series of Spanish explorations on this coast up to that of 1792 will be found. The subject w…
note: Includes an index Includes bibliographic references Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/970549777 Part of: Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
identifier: F5813 .W12
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0407259
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sanata Ana : Fine Arts Press
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subject: America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
subject: America--Discovery and exploration--Sources
subject: Northwest Coast of North America
subject: Discoveries in geography--Spanish
subject: British Columbia--Description and travel
subject: Vancouver Island (B.C.)
subject: Spain
type: Text