Beschreibung:

NOOTKA SOUND CONVENTION – Convencion entre el Rey Nuestro Señor y el Rey de la Gran-Bretaña, transigiendo varios puntos sobre pesca, navegacion y comercio en el Océano Pacífico y Los Mares del Sur, firmada en San Lorenzo el Real á 28 de Octubre de 1790. Madrid: La Imprenta Real, 1790. A very fine edition of the document with which Spain relinquished her claims on the Pacific Coast of America, pristine in original wrappers , in Spanish and French. ABPC and RBH record no sales of this work at auction. The Nootka Sound Convention comprised three agreements between Britain and Spain over claims in the Pacific Northwest, narrowly averting war. Sabin 16197. Quarto (229 x 167mm). Woodcut vignette on title page. Original wrappers. Provenance : Helen R. Kahn, Inc.