Rare and significant chart of Monterey Bay on the California coast, 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 attractive engraved map shows the semicircular bay, with soundings at the lower hook near the Presidio de Monte-Rey, with a few other names including Mision de Sta. Cruz at the top, R. de Sn. Antonio, Pta. de Pinos, Pta. de Cipreses, and Pta. del Carmelo, etc. This is the sixth map in the atlas, with Num. 6 engraved at top left.