Full Description
Capitan de Navio Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was the most important Spanish naval officer on the Northwest Coast in the eighteenth century. Serving from 1774 to 1794, he participated in the search for the Northwest Passage and, with George Vancouver, endeavoured to forge a diplomatic resolution to the Nootka Sound controversy between Spain and Britain. Freeman Tovell's thorough and nuanced study presents this officer as a key figure in the history of the region. Bodega's accomplishments place him in the company of Bering, Cook, Vancouver, La Perouse, and Malaspina - those who advanced a better understanding of the geography, ethnography, and natural history of the area.
Contents
1 BeginningsPart I: The Explorer2 The 1775 Voyage on the Sonora3 Preparations for the 1779 Voyage4 The 1779 Voyage5 Away from the North PacificPart II: The Commandant6 The Nootka Crisis and the Spanish Response7 The Administration of San Blas de NayaritPart III: The Diplomat8 The Nootka Convention and the Expedition of the Limits9 Bodega at Nootka10 The Commissioners' Negotiations at Nootka11 Leaving Nootka12 Results and Consequences of the Expedition of the Limits13 EndingsAppendicesGlossaryChronologyAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
