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Haciendas de Californias. Instruccion para su mejor manejo
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San Marino, CA 91108
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The Viceroy outlines regulations to be observed for lighting the streets of Mexico. Dated 1790, April 6-7. In Spanish.
mssHM 16281
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This manuscript contains various descriptions of the Mexican province of Sonora, written by Father Juan Nantvig (also spelled Nentuig) during the last half of the 18th century. In Spanish.
mssHM 4267
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This manuscript, dated from November 13 - December 17 and written by an unknown author, describes Spanish military operations during the attack on Cerro Prieto in the late 18th century. In Spanish.
mssHM 4051
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HM 58286: Charles du Val (Dieppois)'s account of his voyages in the South Seas with crews of French, English, and Dutch buccaneers. Among other entries, Charles describes his crew's ransacking of Grenada in 1687; their departure for California with Franc Roole, including their stay at Cabo San Lucas with descriptions of the native people and pearl fisheries; the capture of the Duchess de Lerma (ransomed in 1689); the scenery and wildlife of the Galapagos; experiments with cacao performed by Spanish doctors in South America; travels to the Strait of Magellan and the landscape of the area; and the crew's time in the South Atlantic with Roole. Also included in the manuscript are copies of two letters, the first from Jacques Marin to the Compte de Monclos, Viceroy of Lima (Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, conde de Monclova), written in Mexico in 1692, and the second from Francois de Colmenarez to an unknown recipient and sent from Madrid, also in 1692. The manuscript appears to be addressed to a Father Gravier, a Jesuit in Canada, on the recommendation of Esprit Cabart de Villermont (1628?-1707). The journal itself covers the years 1685-c.1694, but was compiled between 1696 and 1707; extracts undated, probably 18th century. Included with the Charles manuscript is a handwritten copy of a letter from Dom Juan de Yrayzoz at Arica, Bolivia, to the Compte de Monclos, Viceroy of Lima (Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, conde de Monclova), written after a voyage aboard the Santyoquil from Lima in 1693. The letter includes a description of a hostile encounter with a Corsaire (possibly that of Franc Roole). In French.
mssHM 58286, HM 73056-73057
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A manuscript work on the Spanish missions in Baja California, specifically dealing with the history and indigenous peoples and with three Jesuit priests: Eusebio Francisco Kino, Juan María de Salvatierra, and Juan de Ugarte. Preface is signed: Berkeley, California 1927.
mssHM 26537
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These manuscripts describe the route of the voyage of discovery along the east coast of lower California (Baja, Mexico) up to the Colorado River where the gulf ends taken by Konsag in June and July 1746. The voyage was ordered by Cristóbal de Escobar y Llamas, Jesuit Provincial of New Spain. Although the manuscripts have the same title, they are two different manuscripts. HM 1293 is 36 pages and includes a map of the area. HM 1294 is 42 pages and does NOT contain a map. They are in Spanish.
mssHM 1293-1294