Diario del teniente de navio D. Francisco Xavier de Viana, trabajado en el viage de las corbetas de S.M.C. “Descubierta” y “Atrevida” en los años de 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792 y 1793.

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[Also titled: Diario del viage explorador de las corbetas españolas “Descubierta” y “Atrevida”, en los años de 1789 á 1794 ]. Cerrito de la Victoria [Uruguay] : Imprenta del ejército, 1849. Octavo, quarter crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt (small expert restorations to head and foot of spine); marbled endpapers; one of the two variant title pages as issued, pp. 360; all text printed within a decorative border; browning to pp. 177-216, conservation to small worm holes on first few leaves; presentation inscription to front endpaper A Jose Salgado en prueba de la mas sincera estima personal e intelectual Jose E. Rodo’; a very good copy of a very rare book on Pacific exploration. The first published account of Malaspina s Pacific expedition of 1789-93, printed in haste on a travelling Uruguayan military press; this copy with a distinguished Uruguayan provenance. Francisco Javier de Viana was an ensign on Alessandro Malaspina s scientific expedition to the Pacific, undertaken for the Spanish crown during the years 1789-93. This was to be the first Spanish expedition to visit New Holland and New Zealand, and it sought to emulate the grand voyages of earlier explorers, in particular those of Cook and Bougainville. Malaspina, an Italian nobleman who served most of his career as an officer in the Spanish navy, named his two ships in honour of Cook s Discovery and Resolution , and in its first three years his expedition carried out important

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