1st Edition
The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain during the Years 1772-1776 Told in Despatches and other Contemporary Documents. Volume III
Edited By Bolton Glanvill Corney
Copyright 2010
344 Pages
by
Routledge
Continued from Second Series 32 and 36. Instructions, minutes, despatches, and other documents from Spanish and English archives, relating to exploration of the East Indies, translated into English and compiled, with notes and an introduction. With the memorial submitted by RodrÃguez to the viceroy of Peru, 1788. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1919.
Contents: Bibliographic reference list; Some account of Máximo RodrÃguez and his diary, and the Mystic Bowl of Marae Taputapuatea; The diary of Máximo RodrÃguez; A despatch (no 92) from the Viceroy of Peru to the Secretay of State for the Indies, submitting a memorial from Don Máximo RodrÃguez, and a copy of his diary for the King; The memorial; A draft and a note relating (i) to the delivery at Cádiz of the Mystic Bowl and (ii) the issue of a sub-lieutenant's commission to Don Máximo RodrÃguez in recognition of his past services and merit; Editorial note; Postscript; Supplementary papers; Glossary; Descriptive index.
Biography
Bolton Glanvill Corney