Title: Vizcaíno and Spanish expansion in the Pacific Ocean, 1580-1630,
Authors: Mathes, W. Michael
Publisher: California Historical Society,
Year: 1968
Subjects: Vizcaíno, Sebastián,; Vizcaíno, Sebastián,; Pacific Coast (U.S.) Discovery and exploration.; California Description and travel.
Contents: Early Spanish explorations in the Pacific Basin, 1513-1565 -- The opening of Manila trade and the problems of trans-Pacific navigation -- Sebastián Vizcaíno and the opening of commercial exploitation in California -- The return to exploration of the outer coast of California, 1539-1599 -- Sebastián Vizcaíno and the charting of the California coast, 1600-1603 -- The aftermath of charting and the decline of interest in California, 1604-1610 -- Spanish commercial relations with Japan and their development by Rodrigo de Vivero, 1592-1610 -- Sebastián Vizcaíno and the opening and closing of Japan, 1611-1617 -- Vizcaíno's last years and the attempted revival of the settlement of California, 1615-1632 -- An evaluation of Vizcaíno and his labors.