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Lafora, Nicolás de. Exploration of New Mexico, California, and the Northwest Coast : and related papers, 1743-1798.

Title: Exploration of New Mexico, California, and the Northwest Coast : and related papers, 1743-1798.

Thirty-three items, originals and copies, concerning exploration and development of the Northwest Coast, New Mexico, California, and other outlying regions of New Spain; military defense of California and Mexico; and irrigation and flood-prevention projects in New Spain. 1. An incomplete copy of Nicolás de Lafora's inspection trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1766, for mapping purposes (85 pages). (Cont.) 2. Manuel Agustín Mascaró's diary of a reconnaissance from Chihuahua to Arispe, 1779 (10 pages). 3-5. Documents relating to exploration of the northern California coast by Juan Pérez and others, 1773-1791, including a compendium begun by Francisco Antonio Mourelle on February 15, 1791, with excerpts from the correspondence of de Lacy, Jerónimo Grimaldi, Julián de Arriaga, and Viceroy Bucareli; the latter's instructions, 1773, for the Pérez expedition; an anonymous diary on Pérez's voyage, 1774, aboard the Santiago, with notes and navigation tables (70 pages). (Cont.) 6. Letter from engineer Costansó reporting to the viceroy on the garrisons of Upper California, 1794 (27 pages). 7. Description of the ten intendancies of New Spain, undated, with references to New Galicia and New Vizcaya (16 pages). 8-12. Copies of documents on the Huehuetoca Canal and drainage of the Valley of Mexico, including report of Alberto de Córdoba, 1794, Joaquín Velásquez, 1774, Miguel Costansó and José Burgaleta, 1788, and review of the drainage of Lake Zumpango, ca. 1788 (103 pages). (Cont.) 13-15. Documents relating to a project for conducting water from the Jamapa River to Veracruz, ca. 1754-1795 (34 pages). 16-27. Papers concerning the defense of New Spain in the region of Veracruz, with emphasis on the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa, 1775 (191 pages). 28. Diary of Portolá's land journey to San Diego and Monterey, 1769, accompanied by Fathers Junípero Serra and Miguel Campa (35 pages). 29. Portolá's council of war, October 4, 1769, in regard to the search for Monterey Bay (6 pages). 30. Anonymous description of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Ostimuri, and Sonora, 1772, with suggestions for development of the territory (30 pages). 31. Juan Francisco de la Bodega's account of the voyage of the Favorita on the 1779 Arteaga-Bodega expedition up the Pacific Coast (51 pages). (Cont.) 32. Copy of diary kept on the first trip of Juan Bautista de Anza, 1774, from Tubac to San Gabriel Mission in California, and Anza's return (12 pages). 33. Report of July 13, 1795, by Costansó and others, advising the viceroy on aid for Alta California (9 pages).

ArchivalResource: Originals : 765 p. ; 29 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (358 exposures) : negative (Rich. 103:2) and positive.

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