The Sutil and Mexicana sailed along the coast of the Pacific Northwest in 1792, their stated mission to put to rest the persistent rumors of the mythical strait connecting the Pacific and Atlantic in the neighborhood of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the present-day border of Canada and the United States. This would be the last Spanish exploration along the Pacific Coast after 250 years of primacy in charting those waters

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Acknowledgements Part One: Introduction Part Two: Voyage Instructions Part Three: The Voyage Narrative: Sections I through XVIII Dramatis Personae Glossary of Place Names Appendix 1: Correspondence Appendix 2: Ship's Manifest of the Sutil Bibliography Index

Translation of: Relación del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y MexicanaAttributed to Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano, Cayetano Valdés Flores Bazán y Peón, Josef Espinosa y Tello, or José Coldero; the translator's research indicates that Alcalá-Galiano was most likely to have been the author

Translation of: Relación del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y MexicanaAttributed to Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano, Cayetano Valdés Flores Bazán y Peón, Josef Espinosa y Tello, or José Coldero; the translator's research indicates that Alcalá-Galiano was most likely to have been the author