Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (22 May 1743 – 26 March 1794) was a Spanish naval officer born in Lima, Peru. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Department base at San Blas, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present day Mexico), this navigator explored the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska.
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22 May 1743 Lima, Peru
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Died |
26 March 1794 (aged 50) Mexico City, Mexico
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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