Box 1
Contains 90 Results:
Document 21: Whitehall circular (2 pages), 1789 September 21
Ordering that ships be allowed to anchor in British territories and that all necessary assistance be given to Malaspina and Bustamante. Whitehall.
Document 22: Letter from Valdés to Floridablanca (1 page), 1789 October 21
Acknowledging receipt of Whitehall circular. San Lorenzo.
Document 23: Letter from Valdés to Malaspina (1 page), 1789 October 27
Enclosing translation of Whitehall circular. Marked "Lima." San Lorenzo.
Document 24: Note specifying contents of packages containing diaries, paintings and natural history items (2 pages), 1789 October 30
No place.
Document 25: Extract of letter from Malaspina to Valdés (1 page), 1789 October 30
Regarding plans to explore Patagonia "con ideas pacificas" emphasizing the importance of charting the Tierra del Fuego including the Falkland Islands, the ports of San Jose, Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos and Puerto Deseado. Signed by Malaspina. He also mentions assistance given to by one Jose de la Perla, captain of the Carmen, who has traveled in convoy with them helping them to chart the Río de la Plata. See map of Straits of Magellan, document 240. Port of Montevideo.
Document 26: Letter from Valdés to Quartermaster of Cádiz [Joaquín Gutierrez de Rubalcava] (1 page), 1789 November 10
Acknowledging receipt of the Quartermaster's letter informing him that the portable observation instrument and other items intended for the expedition have been forwarded to the Viceroy of Peru. San Lorenzo.
Document 27: Letter from Valdés to Viceroy of Peru (1 page), 1789 November 18
Enclosing copies of bills of lading concerning goods intended for the expedition with instructions to deliver the items to Malaspina as soon as he arrives in Peru. San Lorenzo.
Document 28: Letter from Alonso Morgado to Valdés (2 pages), 1789 November 28
Informing that the bread on board the two ships was "infestado de gusano y telaraña" and that additional provisions had been given to the expedition. Enclosing affidavits concerning infestation of bread. See documents 16, 17, and 29. Montevideo.
Document 29: Letter from Alonso Morgado to Valdés (1 page), 1789 November 28
Referring to the additional provisions given to expedition on account of infestation. Receipted by Valdés on 20 March 1790; see documents 16, 17 and 28. Montevideo.
Document 30: List of birds collected by Antonio Pineda at Puerto Deseado (1 page), 1789 December 11
Footnote dated 1 August 1790, stating that the birds have been forwarded to Juan Brin, taxidermist for the Royal Natural History Collection. Puerto Deseado.