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a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century. He was second in command of the 1791 voyage of José María Narváez, the first European exploration of the Strait of Georgia.
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Juan Carrascounknown1784
 
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George Balfourunknown1790
 
 
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 naval surgeon in the U.S. navy
Nicolas Baudin1754, Feb 171769
 
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 a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer. At the age of 15 he joined the merc...
George Bass1771, Jan 301789
 
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 a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. At the age of 18 he was accepted in London as ...
Horatio Nelson1758, Sep 291771
 
18051805, Oct 21
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Francisco de Eliza17591773
 
18091825, Feb 19
 a Spanish naval officer, navigator, and explorer. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pac...
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 a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in...
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 a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive ...
William Bligh1754, Sep 91761
 
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Joachim Murat1767, Mar 251790
 
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 a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince...
Sir John Duckworth1748, Feb 91759
 
18171817, Aug 31
 an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independen...
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  a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and politician. With Alessandro Malaspina, they proposed to t...
Joshua Barneyunknown1759
 
1818unknown
 an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He late...
Stephen Decatur Jr.1779, Jan 51790
 
18191820, Mar 22
 a United States naval officer and commodore notable for his naval victories in the early 19th cen...
Alexander Murray1755, Jul 121773
 
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Manuel Quimper17571770
 
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 a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ...
Jose Maria Narvaez17681780
 
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 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Gulf Islands and Low...
Cayetano Valdes y Flores17671782
 
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 a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutio...
Edward Boys17491796
 
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 an English sea captain. In 1803, Boys, when in charge of a prize, was made prisoner by the French...
James Barron1768, Sep 151798
 
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 an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during whi...
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen1778, Sep 91796
 
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 a Baltic-German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, ultimately rose ...
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