Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. Beginnings 1
6. The Explorer: New Spain and the Northwest Coast
7. The 1775 Voyage on the Sonora 13
8. Preparations for the 1779 Voyage 49
9. The 1779 Voyage 69
10. Away from the North Pacific 115
11. The Commandant
12. The Nootka Crisis and the Spanish Response 131
13. The Administration of San Blas de Nayarit 163
14. The Diplomat
15. The Nootka Convention and the Expedition of the Limits 189
16. Bodega at Nootka 202
17. The Commissioners’ Negotiations at Nootka 238
18. Leaving Nootka 267
19. Results and Consequences of the Expedition of the Limits 286
20. Endings 315
21. Bodega’s Secret Instructions to Eliza for the Reoccupation of Nootka, January 28, 1790 337
22. Revillagigedo’s Instructions to Bodega for the Expedition of the Limits 339
23. History and Description of Bodega’s Viaje : The Official Report of the Expedition of the Limits 343
24. Biographical Notes 348
25. Rank Structure of the Spanish Navy 359
26. Glossary 361
27. Chronology 364
28. Abbreviations 370
29. Notes 371
30. Bibliography 421
31. Index 437