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Francisco Antonio Mourelle

Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rúa (July 17, 1750 – May 24, 1820) was a Spanish naval officer and explorer from Galicia serving the Spanish crown. He was born in 1750 at San Adrián de Corme (Corme Aldea, Ponteceso), near A Coruña, Galicia.[1]

  1. ^ Thrapp, Dan L. (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: In Three Volumes. University of Nebraska Press. p. 1028. ISBN 0-8032-9418-2.

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Bucareli Bay

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of Spanish maps, called the bay "Puerto del Baylio Bucareli." Francisco Antonio Mourelle was present with Quadra at Bucareli Bay and wrote about seeing...

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Suemez Island

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named sometime between 1775 and 1779 by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Mourelle as "Isla Suemez". Dionisio Alcalá Galiano called...

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Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

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Inlet) is the entrance around Wadleigh Island. It was named by Francisco Antonio Mourelle on May 24, 1779. HMCS Quadra, a Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Summer...

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History of Tonga

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Bahá'í faith. The islands were also visited by the Spanish under Francisco Antonio Mourelle in 1781 and Alessandro Malaspina (who unsuccessfully claimed Vavau...

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List of explorers

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reach the Sea of Okhotsk António Mota Portuguese 16th Japan Henri Mouhot French 19th South East Asia Francisco Antonio Mourelle Spanish 18th Pacific Northwest...

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Northwest Passage

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included the 1775 and 1779 voyages of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. The journal of Francisco Antonio Mourelle, who served as Quadra's second in command...

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Sisia

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European to sight Sisia was believed to be Spanish navigator Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle aboard the Princesa on 4 March 1781.[citation needed] Since then...

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Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest

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Blas. Heceta then gave Bodega y Quadra command of the Sonora. Francisco Antonio Mourelle served as Bodega y Quadra's pilot and the two forged a strong...

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History of the Tlingit

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acquired the journals of Bodega y Quadra's second commander, Francisco Antonio Mourelle, and maps made from the first two Bucareli expeditions. This inspired...

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1743

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Ripley and Charles A. Dana (D. Appleton and Company, 1873) p129 Francisco Antonio Mourelle, Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition, translated...

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Tuvaluan nationality law

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Independence Island, respectively. In 1781, the Spanish explorer Francisco Antonio Mourelle identified the Isla del Cocal, sometimes identified now as Nanumanga...

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Maurelle Island

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Names Board of Canada, in honor of the Spanish naval officer Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rúa. Maurelle Island is located northeast of Quadra Island...

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Farallon Islands

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Farallons". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved February 8, 2015. Rúa, Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la; Daines), Barrington (Hon (1920). Voyage of the Sonora:...

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1740s

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Ripley and Charles A. Dana (D. Appleton and Company, 1873) p129 Francisco Antonio Mourelle, Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition, translated...

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List of people on the postage stamps of the Solomon Islands

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The Princess Margaret (1985) Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1956) Francisco Antonio Mourelle (1981) Douglas Albert Munro (2002) Chūichi Nagumo (1995) Napoleon...

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Action of 19 January 1799

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fleet of several xebecs and gunboats. One of his successors was Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rua, who was appointed to Algeciras in 1797 and took part...

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Kaniet Islands

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by Francisco Mourelle de la Rúa and Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia. The Wuvulu Web Site - Geographical Names of the Western Islands Coello, Francisco "Conflicto...

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