Box 1
Contains 90 Results:
Document 1: Letter from Malaspina to Valdés (1 page), 1790 October 4
Confirming departure of Descubierta and Atrevida from Port of Callao. Signed by Malaspina; reference to hydrographical research and charting of the coast between Guayaquil and Lima; Antonio Pineda and his team of naturalists have been sent to Monte Chimborazo in the Andes. See document 177. Guayaquil.
Document 2: Letter from Valdés to Malaspina (1 page), 1792 February 25
Acknowledging Malaspina's letter of 12 October concerning observation of Northern coast and the non-existence of the passage to the Atlantic. Signed by Valdés. Aranjuez.
Document 3: Copy of document relating to Villarino's voyages in 1782 to the Río Negro and in 1783 in search of the mouth of the Colorado River, Islas de Buen Suceso, Bahia de Todos Santos stating that documents have not been received and that other copies have been requested (1 page), undated
It seems from later documents that the original document was in the archives in Buenos Aires and a copy was to be used as reference material on Malaspina's return to Spain. This copy was apparently sent by the Viceroy at Buenos Aires. See documents 187, 195 and 217. No place.
Document 4: Programme for American Meteorological Journal (2 pages), undated
Instructions for measuring devices and instruments. No place.
Document 5: Copy of document 4 (3 pages), undated
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Document 6: Copy of document 4 (3 pages), undated
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Document 7: Copy of document 4 (3 pages), undated
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Document 8: Copy of document 4 (3 pages), undated
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Document 9: Letter from Valdés confirming arrival of ships in Montevideo on 20th September (1 page), undated
Reference to scientific operations carried out by the naturalists Pineda and Née, and the astronomer Dionisio Galiano as well as to the charting of the coast between Cape of Santa Maria and Southern coast to the Cape of San Antonio. See map of Montevideo, document 239. No place.
Document 10: Note from Malaspina to the Comandante General de Cartagena de Indias (1 page), undated
Accompanying initialed boxes to be sent to Quartermaster of Cádiz. Signed by Malaspina; boxes contain natural history items including birds, minerals, wood and plants collected by Née and Haencke, and broken chronometer being returned to Cádiz. Panama.