Important and rare Spanish map of the west coast of North America frm C. Perpetua in the north to Acapulco in the south, with the Baja peninsula. From the Atlas del Viage de las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana al reconocimiento del Estracho de Juan de Fuca in 1792, which accompanied the Relacion del viage..., the record of an important voyage up the Pacific coast, and the last to be undertaken by Spain. Often attributed to José de Espinosa y Tello, but more probably by Galiano, the commander of the expedition, the work itself is an important relation of the voyage that brought the Spaniards to Nootka Sound at the same time as the English explorer George Vancouver. The nine maps in the atlas, however, are perhaps even more significant, presenting a rare record of Spanish cartography in the New World. The map accurately charts the California coast, with the many missions, presidios and other significant settlements names. This is the first map in the atlas, with Numero 1o. engraved above the title.