THE NAVAL DEPARTMENT OF SAN BLAS. NEW SPAIN'S BASTION FOR ALTA CALIFORNIA AND NOOTKA 1767-1798.

First Edition, 383pp, index, bibliography, illustrated, folding map. VG. Spain in the West Series XI. From the introduction: "The historic `San Blas of the Californias' was first established as a civilian village in 1767 by means of direct support from the government of New Spain and upon the personal recommendation of Viceroy Carlos Francisco de Croix. Located halfway between the port of Mazatlan and Bahia de Banderas on the west coast of Mexico, in the present state of Nayarit, San Blas had an austere beginning.".