SPANISH NAVY.

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Relacion de los servicios de Don Francisco Ximenez Parrado, hasta el tiempo que fue destinado para primer instructor de la Escuela de Navegación para este Departamiento de Cartografia, año de 1779 Fascinating official service record of don Francisco Ximenez Parrado, an officer of the Spanish Navy who served during the War of Jenkin's Ear (1739-48). This detailed account, signed by Parrado, enumerates his services from 1721 to 1779, listing naval campaigns, many of them in the Americas. During his career, Parrado participated in a range of operations; coastal patrols, surveys, and some significant naval engagements, particularly against the British. In 1729 Parrado joined the Fuerte, 60, under don Domingo Justiniani, which sailed from Cadiz on 19 December in company with the two-decker frigate Nuestra Señora del Carmen, 54. En route to Cartagena, the two ships passed Tobago, the coasts of Trinidad, Margarita, Cumana, and Caracas. Once at Cartagena they commenced cruising the coasts of Terra Firme, Spain's mainland possessions from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico, in search of illicit traders. In less than a year they had captured some six frigates and seven sloops carrying contraband off the coast of Venezuela. During the Summer of 1736 Parrado was in the Conquistador, under don Blas de Lezo, which was under repair in Spain before its embarkation for Cartagena early in 1737 with 1,891 tons of cargo and brigadier don Jose Ambrosio, the new governor of Chile, aboard.The Conq

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