The Naval Department of San Blas: New Spain's Bastion for Alta California and Nootka 1767 to 1798

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 382pp. Large octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Publisher's red top stain. Very good. The extremities are gently rubbed. The endsheets are subtly discolored, and there is a short split in the front endsheet along the hinge. Spain in the West XI. Contents include Jose de Galvez and the Establishment of the Department of San Blas, The Naval Expedition of Juan Perez, Shipbuilding and Physical Expansion, and The Expedition of Martinez and Lopez de Haro, 1789,