Foreword / by Chief Michael Maquinna -- pt. 1. Historical Context -- Spain and the Northwest Coast of America -- Nootka Sound : Incident and Crisis -- Revilla Gigedo and Bodega in New Spain -- The Nootka Convention -- Spanish Interpretation of the Nootka Convention -- Implementing the Nootka Convention -- Preparing for the Expedition of the Limits -- Ending the Northern Mystery -- Protagonists at Nootka -- Spanish Scientists on the Expedition -- Bodega and California -- Results and Consequences of the Expedition -- pt. 2. Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792 -- Text of Bodega y Quadra's 1792 Journal -- Appendix: Manuscript Holdings Related to Bodega's Expedition of the Limits.