✓ VERIFIED vs scans n285–n286 (2026-07-07): header '1793 Novre (debe ser Dicre) 2, Bahía de Monterrey, Á Bordo del Buque de S.M. Británica 'Descubierta,' Vancouver á [Arrillaga]… el borrador… se dá cuenta minuciosa del objeto de su expedición'; the survey quote VERBATIM — 'la Costa del Noroeste de América es uno de los principales objetos… está totalmente asegurado hasta la latitud de los 56 grados al Norte y Longitud 226 gꝏ al Oeste de Greenwich… por el verano que viene.' (The 'criado del mundo' / Quadra-charts lines are on n287–289, consistent.) VANCOUVER'S LONG LETTER — the Open Door articulated by the English commander: his voyage of discovery on the NW Coast of America, its geography now 'asegurado hasta la latitud de los 56 grados al Norte y Longitud 226 grados al Oeste de Greenwich,' extending further N/W (must stay to finish 'el verano que viene'); the British Court told him before leaving England he'd be received with hospitality and that his reports to London would go 'por el conducto de los oficiales de S.M. Católica… por el camino de San Blas'; on the 'convites amigablemente hechos en Nootka' he came 'con la mayor confianza,' his expectations 'han excedido'; 'yo me considero más como criado del mundo que de un soberano particular'; he is instructed to freely share all discoveries with any Spanish official and to send Quadra copies of all his charts since leaving last year 'de esa manera la Corte de España ha de recibir la información de mis labores antes que la de la Gran Bretaña'; thanks for the Viceroy's letters & the favors to his crew; expects orders at San Diego about 'la entrega de Nutka [the Nootka restitution]'; frames Arrillaga's ports as 'uno de los Puertos… considerando como los de un amigo y aliado', the only harbors near his object for refreshments/crew-health vs. the cold north & the 'turbulent' Sandwich Islanders (cont.)
| Date | 1793-12-02 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Vancouver |
| To | Arrillaga |
| Place | Monterey Bay, aboard the Descubierta [Discovery] |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XI |
| Original tomo page | p.(1793) |
| Savage copy page | XI:101–105 |
| Scan leaf | n285–n289 |
| Document type | transcription (Spanish copy) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n285–n289
Vancouver to Arrillaga, Monterey Bay, aboard the Descubierta [Discovery], 1793-12-02, Provincial State Papers, XI, p.(1793), Archives of California, C-A 6, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca6/ca6-d224.html- Previously read Catalogued 1793-12-02, following the bracketed editorial guess in the Savage heading.. Full-resolution re-read of n285. Savage's heading is: “1793 — Nov.e (debe ser Dic.e) 2 — Bahía de Monterrey. A Bordo del Buque de S.M. Británica ‘Descubierta’. Vancouver á … (debe ser á Arrillaga).” The manuscript month Savage READ is NOVEMBER; “(debe ser Dic.e)” is his own editorial conjecture, in the same bracket form he uses two lines later for “(debe ser á Arrillaga)”.