{"product_id":"voyage-to-the-northwest-coast-of-america-1792","title":"Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra and the Nootka Sound Controversy","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1792, Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y  Quadra sailed from San Blas, Mexico, to Nootka Sound, on the west coast  of present-day Vancouver Island. For nearly three years, he had been  immersed in the aftermath of the Nootka Crisis of 1789, a dispute  between Britain and Spain over sovereignty in the North Pacific. He was  journeying north as his government's commissioner to hand over  Spanish-occupied territory at Nootka. This book offers the first  published English translation of Bodega's journal, a remarkable account  of his travels along the Northwest Coast of America, encounters with  Native peoples-most notably, Chief Maquinna-and the friendship that  developed between Bodega and his British counterpart, George Vancouver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil  now, Bodega's journal has been available only in Spanish publications  or in manuscript form. This much-needed English-language edition results  from the collaboration of three preeminent scholars of the Pacific  Northwest, who provide an in-depth introduction and extensive footnotes  that make the translation accessible to a contemporary audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso  included in this edition is a generous selection of Bodega's original  charts and illustrations created by the artists who worked with Jos  Mariano Mozio and Jos Maldonado, two scientists who-at Bodega's  insistence-accompanied him on his expedition to Nootka.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46216576696530,"sku":"9780806192239","price":34.46,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_5182aa09-1691-4476-8be5-8a0417dbae56.jpg?v=1762561809","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/voyage-to-the-northwest-coast-of-america-1792","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}