Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789 Jun 28.

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Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789 Jun 28.

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Description of a voyage by the ships Princesa and San Carlos, commanded by Esteban José Martínez and Gonzalo Lopez de Maro, along theCalifornia coast to the Russian settlements. The report notes that the ships called at Santiago, Trinidad, and Unalaska, discovering that the Russians had established six settlements and were planning to colonize a port named Nootka in the following year. The document also speculates about problems the Russian port selltements pose for the Spanish.

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Princesa (Ship)

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Lopez de Haro, Gonzalo.

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Martínez, Esteban José, 1742-1798

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Captain Esteban José Martínez set sail from San Blas, Nayarit, aboard the frigate Santiago, and carried supplies for the settlements at San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco. He landed at San Francisco on 26 June 1779. Martínez later (1788-1789) commanded the Spanish expedition along the coast of Northern California to investigate Russian activities and their potential threat to Spanish holdings. From the description of Diario de navegación de D[o]n Estevan Josef Martinez : Prim...

San Carlos (Ship)

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