History ETDs
Publication Date
5-15-1969
Abstract
The famous Perez exploratory expedition of 1774 and the epochal Hezeta-Bodega voyage of 1775, by which Spa n laid a fresh claim to the Far Northwest, were important segments of the last great chapter of Spanish colonization and exploration along the vast North American Pacific coast. This final, magnificent period began, appropriately enough, in Madrid, Spain, with the appointment of Jose de Galvez as visitadorgeneral of New Spain on February 20, 1765. The new visitador set sail with his official family from Cadiz aboard a frigate of war, the Jason, on April 26, 1765, and arrived at Veracruz the following July.
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Degree Name
History
Department Name
History
First Committee Member (Chair)
Donald Colgett Cutter
Second Committee Member
Gunther Eric Rothenberg
Third Committee Member
Robert William Kern
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Caster, James Garland. "The Earliest Spanish Exploration To The Pacific Northwest.." (1969). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/408
