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.
- Date
- 1790, June 12
- Call number
- mssHM 83437
- 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,)
