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1759 - A Natural And Civil History Of California, Volume I
1759 - A Natural And Civil History Of California, Volume I
Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish
Volume I. is the 1759 English translation of Spanish Jesuit Miguel Venegas’s 1758 publication regarding the history of the Peninsula of California. It describes the soil, mountains, harbors, lakes, rivers and seas, the animals, vegetables, minerals and fishery for pearls; as well as the customs of the inhabitants, their religion, government, manner of living before their conversion to the Christian religion by the Jesuits. The Preface addresses the merits of the Spanish publication, the strengths and weakness of the Spanish in this far region, as well as the potential opportunities for England. Volume one contains Part I. through Part III, …
1759 - A Natural And Civil History Of California, Volume Ii
1759 - A Natural And Civil History Of California, Volume Ii
Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish
Volume II (Part III, Sec. XIII through Part V) is a continuation of the 1759 English translation of Spanish Jesuit Miguel Venegas’s 1758 publication regarding the history of the Peninsula of California. It continues where Volume I, Part III, Sect. XII, left off discussing the role of the Jesuits in California. Volume II also contains five appendices: Appendix I, a short description of the coast of California by Francisco Lopez de Gomara; Appendix II, the narrative of the 1602 voyage of Captain Sebastian Vizcaino surveying the western coast of the California Peninsula; Appendix III, an account of …
1770 - Carta Reducida Del Occeano AsiáTico Nombrado Por Los Navegantes Mar Del Sur - Que Comprehende La Costa Oriental Y Occidental De La Peninsula De La California Con El Golfo De Su DenominacióN
Pre-1824 Maps
This map by Miguel Costanzó depicts a West Coast region of New Spain (Nueva Españal) and the American frontier that extended from Cabo de Corrientes in New Spain to Cabo Blanco (the westernmost point in modern-day Oregon) and the Rio de los Reyes (River of the Kings) immediately to the north of Cabo Blanco. Motivated by news from Europe that the Russians and English were establishing themselves on the coasts of the North Pacific, Following January 1768 issuance of an order by the Viceroy Governor of New Spain, navigators who had previously explored the Sea of the South proceeded to …
1770 - Carta Reducida Del Oceano Asiatico, Ó Mar Del SúR, Que Comprehende La Costa Oriental Y Occidental De La Península De La California, Con El Golfo De Su Denominacion Antiguamente Conocido Por La De Mar De Cortés
Pre-1824 Maps
The chart was drawn by Miguel Constanzó, royal engineer for the Kingdom of New Spain, who accompanied the 1769 expedition led by Captain Gaspar de Portola to establish a settlement at Monterey Bay previously discovered by Sebastián Vizcaino in 1603. The chart depicts the Pacific Ocean, the entire eastern and western coast of the California peninsula, the Sea of Cortez, and the coasts of North America, from the isthmus that connects this peninsula with the mainland to the River of the Kings (R de los Reyes), and from the Colorado River to the Cape of Corrientes.