DIARIO DE ESPAÑA 1779-1780

ABSTRACT
In 1779 John Adams crossed the Atlantic on his second diplomatic mission, determined to sign an alliance with France that would ensure its involvement in the war that the Thirteen Colonies had declared on their British metropolis following their declaration of independence in 1776. The entourage of the American congressional envoy included his eldest son John Quincy, who during the voyage to Europe began to write the first pages of his gigantic diary, the pages of his gigantic diary of more than 16,000, which he did not abandon until his death in 1848. A breakdown in the ship forces an unforeseen arrival in the harbour of unexpected arrival in the port of Ferrol and an adventurous voyage through northern Spain to Bordeaux, following the Camino de Santiago in reverse. Santiago. The Diary of Spain of JQA, the sixth American president was transcribed and published for the first time in 1981 by Harvard University. Harvard University. The present annotated and critical edition, which includes the original text in English, is limited to 300 copies and has been made possible by courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society. It also includes extensive colour illustrations and excerpts from John Adams’s Diary.