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Carta Esferica en la Costa N.O. de America para la entrada de Juan de Fuca. Reducida por Pablo Barnet Y Roca
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| Title | Carta Esferica en la Costa N.O. de America para la entrada de Juan de Fuca. Reducida por Pablo Barnet Y Roca |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/Northwest_Coast_Manuscript_Map.html |
| Cartographer | Barnet y Roca, Pablo
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| Century Published | 19th century
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| Publication Date | 1808 |
| Descriptive Notes | Hand-written manuscript handcolored with watercolor.
Full color.
Written in ink in cartouche in upper right corner:
"Carta Esferica en la Costa N.O. de America para la entrada de Juan de Fuca. Reducida por Pablo Barnet Y Roca. 1808."
Written beneath cartouche:
"Nota. Son Los numerous de la Sonda Brqazas de a 2 vas. Cast."
Shows the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of George, labeled as "Canal del Rosario, " as well as the surrounding mainland of modern-day Washington state to the north, east and south, including the Olympic Peninsula. Ports, inlets and bays along the coastlines are noted and several depth soundings are recorded. Contains illustration of a Spanish ship.
Prime Merdian: Cadiz.
[North 47 degrees - North 51 degrees / West 115 degrees - 125 degrees]. |
| Contextual Notes | This particular map is evidently based on first-hand gathering of information. Texada Island and San Juan Island are clearly delineated as well as the surrounding land mass. All of the coastlines are finely executed. Numerous places names are given in Spanish along the coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland. The map is a product of late colonial Spanish exploration in the Pacific Northwest. Major Spanish expeditions in the region had been conducted between 1769 and 1793, and according to Henry Wagner, "after that period a few voyages were made to Nootka and some explorations on the western coast of the peninsula." Warren L. Cook, however, notes that no ships of Spanish nationality visited the Northwest Coast between 1797 and 1820. Therefore, the information on the map almost certainly dates from an expedition in the 1790s. While the cartographer is clearly identified on the map, there is no tracing for Barnet y Roca in Hill, Wagner's "Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wagner's "Carography of the Northwest Coast of America To the Year 1800" Cook's "Flood Tide of Empire" or in OCLC. The map's actual production, therefore remains mysterious, although in paper, ink, color and production, it is completely consistent with the date of 1808.
No published map seems to correspond to the present manuscript, the most likely explanation for it can be found in a published work. In 1809 the Spanish Ministry of the Marine published a "Portulano de La America Setentrional." This extensive work grew out of earlier collections of coastal charts published in the 1790s. About 111 maps were issued in this series, which, despite the ambitious title, was still confined to the shores and islands of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The title suggests that the original plan may have encompassed the west coast of Spanish North America as well. Certainly the form of the map and its date are very similar to those in the "Portulano…" Given the disruptions the Spanish government underwent in the peninsular War, it is quite likely that part of the project might have been dropped. The "Portulano…" is extremely rare, although individual maps from do it appear.
Source(s):
Research collected for Special Collections Map Exhibit 2009.
Wagner, Henry R. "The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the year 1800 Volume 1." Berkeley: University of California Press, 1937.
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| Language | Spanish |
| Category | Pacific Northwest
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Strait of Juan de Fuca
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Washington (State) --Maps; Nautical charts |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP081 |
| Ordering Information | For information about digital reproductions, please email photos@u.washington.edu. Please cite the Digital ID number. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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| Repository Collection | Rare Map Collection. Carta Esferica uncataloged Map |
| Object Type | Map
Manuscript |
| Physical Description | 37 x 55 cm. |
| Condition | Browning around edges. Foxing evident throughout. On verso, stains from previous use of tape. Written on verso in pencil: "35337 [Northwest Coast] Hemp 55." |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
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