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Extrait du Journal de M. Charles (du Val) Dieppois sur son voyage de la mer de sud grossy de plusieurs particulantes et de plisieurs connoissances qui sont venues par luy en ses Camerades qui en sont revenus par le detroit de Magellan

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Description: HM 58286: Charles du Val (Dieppois)'s account of his voyages in the South Seas with crews of French, English, and Dutch buccaneers. Among other entries, Charles describes his crew's ransacking of Grenada in 1687; their departure for California with Franc Roole, including their stay at Cabo San Lucas with descriptions of the native people and pearl fisheries; the capture of the Duchess de Lerma (ransomed in 1689); the scenery and wildlife of the Galapagos; experiments with cacao performed by Spanish doctors in South America; travels to the Strait of Magellan and the landscape of the area; and the crew's time in the South Atlantic with Roole. Also included in the manuscript are copies of two letters, the first from Jacques Marin to the Compte de Monclos, Viceroy of Lima (Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, conde de Monclova), written in Mexico in 1692, and the second from Francois de Colmenarez to an unknown recipient and sent from Madrid, also in 1692. The manuscript appears to be addressed to a Father Gravier, a Jesuit in Canada, on the recommendation of Esprit Cabart de Villermont (1628?-1707). The journal itself covers the years 1685-c.1694, but was compiled between 1696 and 1707; extracts undated, probably 18th century. Included with the Charles manuscript is a handwritten copy of a letter from Dom Juan de Yrayzoz at Arica, Bolivia, to the Compte de Monclos, Viceroy of Lima (Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, conde de Monclova), written after a voyage aboard the Santyoquil from Lima in 1693. The letter includes a description of a hostile encounter with a Corsaire (possibly that of Franc Roole). In French.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: before 1707.
Call number: mssHM 58286, HM 73056-73057
Creator: du Val, Charles(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. Rare Books, 1999. The manuscript was originally purchased by Maggs from the Begon family archive in the 1920s.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available for research use only with permission of curator. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time. Facsimiles are available: mssHM 58286 (FAC).
Dimensions: 24 cm
Associated people: Begon, Michel, (1637-1710,); Cabart de Villermont, Esprit, (1628?-1707,); de Yrayzoz, Dom Juan, (1650-1699,); de Colmenarez, Francois, (1636-1705,); Marin, Jacques,; La Mousse, Jean de,; Portocarrero Lasso de la Vega, Melchor,
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