Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

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title: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
text: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was a Spanish Criollo naval officer operating in the Americas. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Department base at San Blas, in Viceroyalty of New Spain, he explored the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska. Bodega Bay in California is named for him. Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra joined the Spanish Naval Academy in Cádiz at 19, and four years later, in 1767 was commissioned as an officer of the rank Frigate Ens
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description: Spanish naval officer and explorer
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Francisco_de_la_Bodega_y_Quadra
date created: 2005-03-24T04:18:39Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T00:13:38Z
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