Manuscripts

Alejandro Malaspina letter to the Conde de Revillagigedo, viceroy of New Spain, 1790, June 12

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Description: In this letter to the viceroy of New Spain, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, Conde de Revillagigedo, Alejandro Malaspina details the route of his voyage to that point, its scientific and mapping work, and future plans. Specific subjects in the letter include: José Bustamante y Guerra; Francisco Gil de Taboada; the route of the voyage to the port of Callao, Peru; approaches to navigating Cape Horn; places for obtaining ship's rigging; major ports in Spanish Colonial America; scientific and astronomical work done at Santiago, Chile; and the hostility of the Conde de Revillagigedo to the Russians. Malaspina also states that he will not be making a visit to Mexico City.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1790, June 12
Call number: mssHM 83437
Creator: Malaspina, Alessandro (1754-1809)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from William Reese Company, January 20, 2018.
Associated people: Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, (1740-1799,)
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Pedro Gorostiza to Conde de Revillagigedo

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters and documents in one bound volume regarding the outfitting of Pedro Alberni's expedition at San Blas, Mexico (in 1789 and 1790), the occupation of his troops at Nootka, and their return to San Blas in 1792. Persons represented in the collection include: Pedro de Alberni (16 letters), Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (10 letters), Manuel Antonio Flores (8 letters), Pedro Gorostiza (8 letters), Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco, Conde de Revillagigedo (63 letters), Francisco Hijosa (7 letters), Antonio Villaurrutia y Salcedo (17 letters), Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola (5 letters).

mssHM 327

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