Derrotero de Indias of Luis de la Cruz

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  Derrotero :

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  mssHM 30957

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  Derrotero by José Manuel de Moraleda y Montero

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  These three documents describe the frigate Santa Gertrudis' voyage from the Port of Callao (Lima, Peru) to Acapulco, Mexico and back. The first document is a 1-page introduction to the following two, dated October 30, 1791, in Acapulco. The second document is a 4-page report by Alonso de Torres y Guerra, the commander of the Santa Gertrudis, to Antonio Valdes, a Spanish naval officer. It summarizes the journey's events, including the assistance provided to an English ship, descriptions of the Galapagos Islands, as well as commentary on Alejandro Malaspina's navigation charts and Juan Francisco de Bodega y Quadra's upcoming expedition to Nootka Island, Canada. And the third document is a 35-page derrotero, or route journal, written by José Manuel de Moraleda y Montero during the round trip from the Port of Callao to Acapulco, detailing landmarks, anchorages, climate, and other nautical and navigational information.

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  Addiciones á las noticias contenidas en la descripcion compendiosa de lo descuvierto y conocido de la California ... : manuscript

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  Manuscript by Ferdinand Konsag, with additions by Juan de Armesto. Includes drawing of cacti, with descriptions; derrotero consisting of two maps, showing sections of the West and South Eastern coasts of lower California, in the handwriting of the author. In Spanish.

  mssHM 1295

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  Derrotero del Mar del Sur desde Nicaragua al Callao de Lima :

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  Manuscript is 87 pages. It contains numerous colored sketches of coast, hills, etc., and 13 pages of tabulated declinations. The manuscript might be a copy by Bernardo de Berrett, made in the latter part of the 18th century.

  mssHM 917

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  Primera parte de los problemas, y secretos marauillosos de las Indias. / Compuesta por el doctor Iuan de Cardenas, medico. Dirigida al illustrissimo Señor Don Luys de Velasco, Virrey d[e]sta nueua España

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  Title vignette: coat of arms. Foliation errors: leaves 144, 152, 156, 170 misnumbered 126, 125, 159, 180. Signatures: [para.]⁸ A-2G⁸ 2H⁶.

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  Plan for a General Inspection in Chile to harmonize natural wealth and counteract poverty

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  This manuscript, written by Chilean politician Anselmo de la Cruz only 8 months before Chilean revolutionaries declared independence from Spain, outlines his plan for a governmental investigation, or a "visita general," to streamline agricultural, industrial, and commercial output of every Chilean province.

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