Box 2
Contains 110 Results:
Document 191: Letter from Valdés to the Viceroy of New Spain [Conde de Revilla Gigedo] (1 page), 1791 March 23
Informing him that Malaspina is due to arrive in San Blas or Acapulco in October or November and encloses two copies of a letter to be passed on to Malaspina (one for each port). Madrid.
Document 192: Letter from Valdés to the Viceroy of Buenos Aires (1 page), 1791 March 23
Informing him that the expedition is to arrive at the Golfo de San Jorge in early 1794 for exploration. Inscribed "Por Duplicado." Madrid.
Document 193: Letter from Valdés to Casimiro Gómez de Ortega (2 pages), 1791 March 31
Advising that he has received several trunks containing seeds, paintings and maps; he gives instructions to sow seeds in the Botanical Gardens of Cádiz, Cartagena and Madrid. See document 196. Madrid.
Document 194: A shorter version of document 193 (1 page), 1791 March 31
No place.
Document 195: Letter from Marqués de Bajamar to Valdés (1 page), 1791 April 4
Informing that he has given orders to the Viceroy at Buenos Aires to send manuscripts so that they are in Madrid by the time the expedition arrives. See documents 3 and 187. Aranjuez.
Document 196: Letter from Valdés to Casimiro Ortega (1 page), 1791 April 13
Acknowledging his letter advising that some of the seeds have already been sown in the Botanical Gardens.
See document 193. Aranjuez.
Document 197: Letter from Revilla Gigedo, the Viceroy of New Spain, to Valdés (6 pages), 1791 April 9
Confirming that the Royal Order of 22 December relating to verification of the Atlantic Passage has been sent on to San Blas where Malaspina is to meet Bustamante; the expedition has been charting hitherto undiscovered islands; eight out of the nine sailors who deserted have been found; Malaspina took a long time to arrive in Acapulco from Realejo (58 days). Signed by Revilla Gigedo. Mexico City.
Document 198: Copy of document 197 (5 pages), 1791 April 9
Mexico City.
Document 199: Letter from Valdés to the Conde de Floridablanca acknowledging letter from the Palace Astronomer, Salvador Jiménez Coronado, on the meteorological programme advising that all correspondence relating to meteorological matters be sent directly to Jiménez (1 page), 1791 April 14
Aranjuez.
Document 200: List of maps, paintings, journals, zoological, botanical and mineralogical collections (1 page), 1791 April 29
Signed by Malaspina and Bustamante; this list is probably for mailing purposes to identify each item; it includes paintings by Guio, Cardero and Suria; Haencke's, Née's and Pineda's collections to be sent separately. Descubierta, Acapulco.