Spanish explorers becalmed off Patos Island

• Main Author: McAllister, Parker S. (1903-1970)
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1955
• Subjects: Artists > Washington (State) > Seattle; Watercolor painting > Northwest; Pacific; McAllister; Northwest Passage; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15015coll5,144

Dramatized representation of the Santa Saturnina becalmed off Patos Island while on a Spanish expedition to explore the Strait of Georgia commanded by Francisco de Eliza in 1791. A rowboat tows a midsize sailboat with furled sails across glassy water. A bit of forested shoreline is visible in the ba...