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Jose Espinosa y Tello

Title

Plano Del Puerto y Bahia De Monte Rey situado en la Costa de Californs. Trabajado a bordo de las Corvetsa Descrieberta y Atrevida Ano 1791.

Publication Place / Date

Madrid / 1802

Image Dimensions

9 x 7 inches

Color

Uncolored

Condition

VG+

Stock# 25808

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Description

Exceptionally rare map of Monterey from Espinosa y Tello's Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana, en el ano de 1792 . . .

In 1790, the King of Spain commissioned Italian Alejandro Malaspina to renew explorations along the Northwest Coast of America in search of the entrance to the NW Passage. With two corvettes in 1791, Malaspina travelled to Acapulco and then to 60 degrees north to investigate the apocryphal account of Maldonado's 1588 voyage. Along the way, the expedition apparently collected information from other Spanish sources, as the report includes the first printed example of Juan Pantoja y Arriaga's map of San Diego (other than La Perouse's less than faithful rendition from charts obtained in Manila).

The Monterey chart apparently has its origin in the Malaspina expedition, or at least Wagner does not indicate the source was other than the expedition. The map locates the Presidio of Monterrey, the Missions at San Carlos and Santa Cruz and Points Pinos, Cipreses and Carmel, along with Ensendada del Carmelo.

One of the earliest maps of Monterrey from original surveys and perhaps the rarest of all 18th Century maps of the Bay. Espinosa y Tello maps are exeptionally rare on the market, this being the second example we have seen on the market in 30 years.

Reference

Wagner NW Coast 790.