Juan de la Bodega y Cuadra journal
Language: spa
Subjects: Spain; Indians of North America; Spain. Armada; Logbooks; Great Britain. 1793 Feb. 12; Languages; Voyages and travels; Great Britain; Great Britain. 1794 Jan. 11; Nootka language; Nootka Indians; Natural history; Colonies; History; Foreign relations; Discovery and exploration
Description: Journal kept by Bodega y Cuadra as Spanish commander of a naval expedition from San Blas, Mexico, to Nootka Sound on the coast of Alta California (now British Columbia) that was sent to ascertain the extent of British and Russian penetration into the Northwest Pacific coast.  Includes his account of the treaty negotiations (known as the Nootka Convention) with George Vancouver that led to the transfer of the Spanish outpost on Nootka Sound to Great Britain in 1795.  Includes a list of Latin names compiled by José Mariano Moziño and José María Maldonado of flora and fauna found on the expedition, glossary of Nootka Indian words, and two folding logs recording weather, wind, latitudes, and longitudes during the voyage.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 19,848.

Microfilm edition produced from original in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988.

Acquisition, 1987.

Spanish explorer.  Full name: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra.  Variant spelling: Bodega y Quadra.

Collection material in Spanisn, Latin and Nootka.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.