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English: Spanish map of Clayoquot Sound from 1791. One page of an atlas, sheet 14: "Plano del Archipielago de Clayocuat...1791", 44 x 69 1/2 cm, was prepared during Francisco Eliza's 1791 expedition to examine Bucareli Sound, the Strait of Fonte, the Entrada de Hezeta, the bays on the south side of Vancouver Island, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The atlas was transferred to the Library of Congress from the U.S. War Department in 1929.

The full title of the map is: Plano del Archipielago de Clayocuat situada su boca mas O. llamado Puerto de Sn. Rafael por los 49°20′ de Latd. N. y en la Longd. de 20°55′ y la mas E. nombrada de Clayocuat por los 49°7′ de la misma especie y 20°22′ al O. del Meridiano de Sn. Blas Reconocidas sus Bocas y descubiertos todos sus Brazos e Yslas interiores por el Thente. de Navio de la Rl. Armada Dn. Francisco de Eliza Comandte. del Paguebot de S.M. nombrado San Carlos y Goleta Sta. Saturnina (Alias la Orcasitas) en este presente Año de 1791.

The full title of the atlas is: Libro 2º. Cartas Esfericas y Planos de los Puertos situados sobre las Costas Septentrionales de las Californias è Yslas adyacentes, descubiertos por los Españoles. Ordenados Por un Oficial de la Marina Real Española. [Pacific Coast extending from Mexico to Alaska]. 1799. Atlas, 25 colored pen-and-ink ms.
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3512c.ct000337 Atlases: The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps.

https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/luso/atlases.html
Author Francisco de Eliza, or a cartographer working under the direction of Eliza, likely José María Narváez or Juan Carrasco.

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