Manuscripts

Derrotero del Viage...en descubriminento del la Costa Oriental de Californias hasta el Rio Colorado, en donde seacaba su estrecho...: handwritten manuscripts, 1746, June 9-July 25

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1746, June 9 - July 25
Call number: mssHM 1293-1294
Creator: Konsag, Ferdinand (1703-1759)(Opens in new tab)
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