Viaje a la Costa..., 1792-1793, February.

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Viaje a la Costa..., 1792-1793, February.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754850530

This manuscript diary by Juan Francisco de la Boedga y Caudra accounts his third voyage in the North West Pacific, from San Blas to Nootka in 1792. During this important voyage, Quadra was commissioned to define the boundaries of the British and Spanish territory on the Vancouver Island (B.C.). There is an extensive vocabulary of the Nootka dialect and a table of the ship's course found on two leaves that displays the meteorolocial conditions on the journeys.

1 volume, 188 pages.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794

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Spanish explorer. Full name: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra. Variant spelling: Bodega y Quadra. From the description of Juan de la Bodega y Cuadra journal, 1792-1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071877 Juan Francisco de La Bodega y Cuadra was born on May 22, 1774 in Peru. During his lifetime as a Spanish navigator, Bodega y Cuadra was was promoted in ranks from Spanish naval officer to Ship Lieutenant. A couple of his significant explorations were in 1775 and 1779...