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For honor & country : the diary of Bruno de Hezeta / translation and annotation by Herbert K. Beals.
LIBRA F851.5 .H59 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hezeta, Bruno de, 1751-1807.
- Series:
- North Pacific studies ; no. 7.
- North Pacific studies ; no. 7
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Hezeta, Bruno de, 1751-1807.
- Hezeta, Bruno de.
- Spaniards--Northwest Coast of North America--History--18th century.
- Spaniards.
- History.
- Northwest Coast of North America--Description and travel.
- Northwest Coast of North America.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 167 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.
- Other Title:
- For honor and country.
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Or. : Western Imprints, 1985.
- Summary:
- In the spring of 1775, a young Basque naval officer named Bruno De Hezeta laid claim to the Oregon Country. His diary is a compelling yarn of high-seas adventure.
- Notes:
- Translation from ms.: "Diario de la navegación hecha por el teniente de navío de la Real Armada don Bruno de Hezeta a explorar la costa septentriónal de Californias, año de 1775" (Historia vol. 324, nos. 3 & 4, in Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico City); and Legajo 19, documento 11, in Archivo General de Indias (Seville))
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 153-157.
- ISBN:
- 0875951201
- 087595121X
- OCLC:
- 11915690
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