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Esteban José Martinez [textual record]

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Date:

1789.

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R5418-0-3-E, MG23-J12, Volume number: 1--2, Microfilm reel number: C-11778

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Item ID number:

105666

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Esteban José Martinez
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Date(s):

1789.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6.5 cm of textual records (323 p.).

Language of material:

Spanish

Added language of material:

Spanish, Wakashan languages, Hawaiian

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Item is "Diario de la Navegacion que hizo al Puerto de Sn. Lorenzo de Nutca en 1789 D. Estevan José Martinez", copied in 1789 from the original text and certified by Martinez as commander of the Princesa (frigate) and its sister-ship the San Carlos.

The text which includes Martinez's instructions from the Viceroy, pages 1-12; extensive commentary on the flora and fauna, the geography and minerals, the natives and their customs, and the trade of the Nootka Sound area, with a Nootka-Castilian vocabulary based on the work of Joseph Ingraham, pages 224-256 and 258-266; and a Hawaiian-Castilian vocabulary pages 306-315.

The original logbook was lost when Princesa sank, but several copies are known to have been prepared for presentation by Martinez to the Viceroy of Mexico and authorities in Spain. The text in the Museo Naval in Madrid (MS 732) was the basis for the published version in the Collection de Diarios y Relaciones para la Historia de los Viajes y Descubrimientos (vol. VI; Madrid, Instituto Historico de Marina, 1964), edited by Roberto Barreiro-Meiro.

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Martinez, Esteban José, 1742-1798

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Martinez, Esteban José, 1742-1798 : Esteban José Martinez de la Sierra (1742-1798) began his naval career at the age of 13. In 1773 he was attached to the naval department at San Blas, Mexico and the next year participated in the expedition of Juan Joseph Pérez Hernandez along the Pacific coast as far as the Queen Charlotte Islands. When concern arose in 1788 about Russian activity in the Pacific Northwest, Martinez was sent north, and reached the 61st parallel of latitude. The next year he volunteered for the mission to establish a Spanish post at Nootka Sound. His actions in seizing the British trading vessels the Argonaut and the Princess Royal at Nootka precipitated a diplomatic crisis.

After a brief recall to Spain, Martinez spent his last years at San Blas and on voyages along the Pacific coast.

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(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105666?usrlang=en

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105666?usrlang=fr

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General note:

Received in 1949 from Honorato de Castro of Mexico City, Mexico.
Transcriptions of Ingraham's report are found in MG 23 J 13, together with other records of the Spanish voyages on the Pacific Northwest coast.

Availability of other formats note:

Manuscript available on microfilm, reel C-11778.

Dates of creation note:

Microfilmed in 1951.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Enlightened Voyages: Malaspina & Galiano on the Northwest Coast, 1791-1792. Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia; [1990.05.12 - 199012.31] (pages: 258 & 259)
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Nootka Sound (B.C.) - Description and travel, 1789 Joseph Ingraham, 1789

Pacific Coast (B.C.) - Discovery and exploration, 1789 Princesa (Ship), 1789

Explorers - Spain, 1789 San Carlos (Ship), 1789

Spain. Navy - Officer, 1789

Nootka Sound (B.C.) - Mines and mineral resources, 1789

Nootka-Castillian language - Vocabulary, 1789

Hawaiian-Castillian language - Vocabulary, 1789

Spain - Foreign relations - Great Britain, 1789

Great Britain - Foreign relations - Spain, 1789

Nootka Sound Controversy, [1789]

Indians of North America British Columbia
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MG23-J12
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Volume [MG23 J 12] 1--2

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Microfilm reel C-11778

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