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MALASPINA, Alessandro (1754-1810). Nachricht Von Der Entdeckungsreise Zweier Spanisher Schiffe Nach Der Nordkueste Von Amerika Im Jahre 1792. [Notice of Spanish Voyages to the North Coast of North America in 1792.] Weimar: Industrie-Comptoirs, 1804.
8vo. 16 pp. contained in a complete 200-page monthly issue of the Geographische Ephemeriden. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Hernando Magalhaes. Modern brown cloth, marbled sides.
This is the 1804 Edition of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s named Geographische Ephemeriden and contains a 16-page report regarding the Spanish Voyages to North America. In 1791, Alessandro Malaspina undertook a search for the Northwest Passage, surveying the Alaska coast from Yakutat Bay to Prince William Sound. The expedition’s scientists made a study of the tribe, recording information on social mores, language, economy, warfare methods, and burial practices. During the return to Mexico, Malaspina’s expedition spent a month at the Spanish outpost in Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. The two ships then sailed south to Mexico, stopping at the Spanish settlement and mission at Monterey, California on the way.