Bruno de Heceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia (1743–1807) was a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family,[1] he was sent by the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, to explore the area north of Alta California in response to information that there were colonial Russian settlements there.
BrunodeHeceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia (1743–1807) was a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family, he was...
Heceta may refer to: BrunodeHeceta, a Spanish explorer of the west coast of North America Heceta Beach, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the United...
Heceta Head is named after the Spanish explorer BrunodeHeceta, who explored the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century. Before him, Heceta Head...
States. The Heceta Head Light is located on its south side. Heceta Head is named after a Basque explorer under Spanish commission, BrunodeHeceta, who explored...
documented European discovery of the Columbia River occurred when BrunodeHeceta sighted the river's mouth in 1775. On May 11, 1792, a private American...
state. The point was named Punta de los Mártires ("Point of the Martyrs") during the 1775 expedition of BrunodeHeceta in response to an attack by the...
European presence during the period, it most likely originated from BrunodeHeceta and Bodega y Quadra's 1775 expedition to the Northwest Coast, spreading...
discoveries along the Oregon and Washington Coasts. Heceta Head was later named after BrunodeHeceta. At the same time as the Spanish expeditions, British...
Santiago, commanded by BrunodeHeceta and the schooner Sonora (la Señora), commanded by his second in command, Lieutenant Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra...
and claimed the region in 1774, under Juan Pérez, and in 1775, under BrunodeHeceta and Bodega y Quadra. The Nootka Sound dispute began in 1789 when Spain...
given its name by W. H. Dall in 1879, in honor of Spanish navigator BrunodeHeceta. "Islands by land area: United Nations Environment Programme". Archived...
Northwest. In 1775 a second voyage of ninety men led by Lieutenant BrunodeHeceta aboard the Santiago, set sail from San Blas, Nayarit on March 16, 1775...
another Spanish expedition, under the command of BrunodeHeceta and including Juan Peréz and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra as officers. On July 14,...
cataract, called Horseshoe Falls or Tumwater Falls; a deep eddy, the Cul-de-Sac; and the main channel. These features were formed by the Columbia River's...
schooner Sonora, part of a squadron under the general command of Don BrunodeHeceta, in the frigate Santiago. The squadron sailed from San Blas early in...
moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. The megathrust earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate from mid-Vancouver Island, south along the Pacific Northwest coast...
2008 at the Wayback Machine "Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky: Consisting of His Military Operations in Poland, His Exile into...
University of San Marcos in Lima. In 1775 under the command of Lieutenant BrunodeHeceta, the Spanish explored the Pacific Northwest. This followed the first...
Island, and Dall Island. 1775 – BrunodeHeceta discovers the mouth of the Columbia River; his consort Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra discovers Prince...
cleanest bodies of water in the world. Produced by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone, which moves slowly in a northeastward...
Early explorations before the maritime fur trade era—by Juan Pérez, BrunodeHeceta, Bogeda y Quadra, and James Cook—produced only rough surveys of the...
Freeman M. (2009). At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. University of British Columbia Press. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-7748-5836-6...
president) Heber City, Utah – Heber C. Kimball (Mormon leader) Heceta Beach, Oregon – BrunodeHeceta (explorer) Helena, New York – Helena Pitcairn Helm, California...
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