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Author Tovell, Freeman.

Title At the far reaches of empire : the life of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra / Freeman M. Tovell
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Contents List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Beginnings; Part 1 The Explorer; 2 The 1775 Voyage on the Sonora; 3 Preparations for the 1779 Voyage; 4 The 1779 Voyage; 5 Away from the North Pacific; Part 2 The Commandant; 6 The Nootka Crisis and the Spanish Response; 7 The Administration of San Blas de Nayarit; Part 3 The Diplomat; 8 The Nootka Convention and the Expedition of the Limits; 9 Bodega at Nootka; 10 The Commissioners' Negotiations at Nootka; 11 Leaving Nootka; 12 Results and Consequences of the Expedition of the Limits; 13 Endings; Appendixes
A: Bodega's Secret Instructions to Eliza for the Reoccupation of NootkaB: Revillagigedo's Instructions to Bodega for the Expedition of the Limits; C: History and Description of Bodega's Viaje : The Official Report of the Expedition of the Limits; D: Biographical Notes; E: Rank Structure of the Spanish Navy; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; L; M; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; Chronology; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-436) and index
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Subject Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.
Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Travel -- Pacific Coast (North America)
SUBJECT Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 fast
Subject Explorers -- Spain -- Biography
Explorers -- Pacific Coast (North America) -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
TRAVEL -- United States -- West -- Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
Explorers
Travel
SUBJECT Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
Pacific Coast (North America) -- Description and travel
Subject North America -- Pacific Coast
Spain
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774855952
0774855959
9780774813679
0774813679
1282456970
9781282456976
9786612456978
6612456973