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Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792 : Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra and the Nootka Sound controversy / translation by Freeman M. Tovell ; edition presented by Freeman M. Tovell, Robin Inglis, and Iris H.W. Engstrand.

Summary:

A translation of Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra's journals of his 1792 travels to the northwest coast of North America and his encounters with the native populations, includes original charts and illustrations.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780870624087 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0870624083 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 196 pages : illustrations.
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and (pages 179-183) index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / by Chief Michael Maquinna -- pt. 1. Historical Context -- Spain and the Northwest Coast of America -- Nootka Sound : Incident and Crisis -- Revilla Gigedo and Bodega in New Spain -- The Nootka Convention -- Spanish Interpretation of the Nootka Convention -- Implementing the Nootka Convention -- Preparing for the Expedition of the Limits -- Ending the Northern Mystery -- Protagonists at Nootka -- Spanish Scientists on the Expedition -- Bodega and California -- Results and Consequences of the Expedition -- pt. 2. Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792 -- Text of Bodega y Quadra's 1792 Journal -- Appendix: Manuscript Holdings Related to Bodega's Expedition of the Limits.
Subject:
Northwest Coast of North America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish > Early works to 1800.
Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 > Diaries.
Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 > Travel > Northwest Coast of North America.
Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Early works to 1800.
Northwest Coast of North America > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Nootka Sound (B.C.) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Pacific Ocean > Nootka Sound.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Foreword / by Chief Michael Maquinna
pt. 1. Historical Context
Spain and the Northwest Coast of America
Nootka Sound : Incident and Crisis
Revilla Gigedo and Bodega in New Spain
The Nootka Convention
Spanish Interpretation of the Nootka Convention
Implementing the Nootka Convention
Preparing for the Expedition of the Limits
Ending the Northern Mystery
Protagonists at Nootka
Spanish Scientists on the Expedition
Bodega and California
Results and Consequences of the Expedition
pt. 2. Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792
Text of Bodega y Quadra's 1792 Journal
Appendix: Manuscript Holdings Related to Bodega's Expedition of the Limits.