Valdés y Flores Bazán, Cayetano (sold)
Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán (1767-1835) was a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting for both sides at different times due to the changing fortunes of Spain in the conflict. He took part in a number of naval battles, including the Great Siege of Gibraltar, the Battle of Cape St Vincent, and the Battle of Trafalgar. He was an explorer, most notable in the Pacific Northwest, where he and Dionisio Alcalá Galiano conducted the first circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, in partial cooperation with George Vancouver. Over his long career he achieved the highest ranks in the Spanish Navy, eventually being named Captain General of Cadiz and Captain General of the Spanish Navy.
Carta Esferica de los reconocimientos hechos en 1792 en la Costa N.O. de America para examinar la Entrada de Juan de Fuca, y la internacion de sus Canales navegables levantada de ordern del Rey Neustro Senor abordo de la Goletas Sutil y Mexicana.
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This is an uncommon 1871 reissue of a 1795 map of Vancouver Island, Washington, and British Columbia by the Spanish navigators Dionisio Alcala-Galiano and Cayetano Valdes. Alcala-Galiano and Valdes led the last important Spanish exploratory voyage to the Pacific ... (more details)