Salvador Fidalgo y Lopegarcía (6 August 1756 – 27 September 1803) was a Spanish explorer. He commanded an exploring expedition for Spain to Alaska and...
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administrative office in Anacortes. Fidalgo Island is named for the Spanish explorer and cartographer Salvador Fidalgo who explored the area in 1790 with...
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Spanish footballer Salvador Dalí (1904−1989), Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Espriu (1913−1985), Spanish poet Salvador Fidalgo (1756−1803), Spanish...
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System. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 by the Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán. In...
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dispatched Fidalgo and Quimper on exploration voyages. Fidalgo was sent north and Quimper south. In 1790, Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo took the San...
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Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo entered the sound, naming many of its features. Some places in the sound still bear the names given by Fidalgo, as Port Valdez...
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239 in 2010. Cordova was named Puerto Córdoba by Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. No roads connect Cordova to other Alaskan communities, so...
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Fidalgo, Portuguese footballer Salvador Fidalgo, Spanish explorer of the Pacific Northwest Fidalgo, Washington, an unincorporated community Fidalgo Island...
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honor of Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, viceroy of New Spain. In 1792 Salvador Fidalgo began to build a Spanish fort on Neah Bay, but the project failed within...
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establishing a base at Nootka, Eliza sent out several exploration parties. Salvador Fidalgo was sent north to the Alaska coast. Manuel Quimper, with Gonzalo López...
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City Diego Duque de Estrada (1589–1647), soldier, explorer, writer Salvador Fidalgo (1756–1803), naval officer and cartographer, explored Alaska in 1790...
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named by Heney on March 13, 1906, based on the original name given by Salvador Fidalgo. Both these railroads were abandoned and little remains of them. A...
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Juan Fernández Spanish 16th Juan Fernández Islands, Pacific Ocean Salvador Fidalgo Spanish 18th Pacific Northwest Peter Fidler English 18th Western Canada...
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Saavedra Guiráldez y Ordóñez, Francisco de Eliza, Salvador Fidalgo, Jacinto Caamaño, and Salvador Menéndez Valdés. Bodega and these six officers sailed...
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chain (Birds´ Rock or Magpies) Fidalgo Island, Washington (named after the Spanish explorer and cartographer Salvador Fidalgo) Key West, Florida (Anglicized...
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killer whale. The bay was named Puerto Córdova by the Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo, in 1790, with the English name “Cordova Bay” marked on charts. It...
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under the command of De Eliza, the San Carlos, under the command of Salvador Fidalgo and the Princesa Real, under the command of Manuel Quimper, sailed...
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cove. In May 1790 two exploring voyages were dispatched by Eliza. Salvador Fidalgo made a voyage north to visit the Russian outposts in Alaska, while...
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the end of the 18th century. In 1792, a Spanish fort was built by Salvador Fidalgo in Nuñez Gaona, now Neah Bay, on the northwest coast of the Strait...
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Peralta in honor of him. There was an attempt to build a fort in 1792 by Salvador Fidalgo but it inevitably failed, the support for it went towards the colony...
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explorer James Cook three years later). In 1790, Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo led an expedition that included visits to the sites of today's Cordova...
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Neah Bay was occupied by the Spanish vessels Princesa, Activa, under Salvador Fidalgo and Bodega y Quadra, and the American vessel Hope, under former Columbia...
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under the command of de Eliza, the San Carlos, under the command of Salvador Fidalgo and Princesa Real, under the command of Manuel Quimper, sailed in early...
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California. On 21 September Bodega y Quadra left Nootka Sound and Salvador Fidalgo became the commandant of the establishment there. Vancouver sent Lieutenant...
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de Fidalgo, in honor of Salvador Fidalgo, to Rosario Strait, which was thought to be a bay. In 1791 José María Narváez renamed it Canal de Fidalgo after...
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Sound in late May, 1793, just days after George Vancouver had left. Salvador Fidalgo was the new commandant of the Spanish outpost, taking over after Bodeya...
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brigadier. Cordova (Alaska): named in 1790, by the Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo. Capture of the English double convoy (1780) Hattendorf, John B.; Kennedy...
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senior officer available at San Blas. It included Ship Lieutenant Salvador Fidalgo, and Ship Ensign Manuel Quimper. Their purpose was to strengthen the...
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of the Rocky Mountains and north of San Francisco. Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo had arrived on the May 29, 1792, and soon established the fort near...
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city of Córdoba, Spain. Both namings were made by Spanish explorer Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. Valencia County New Mexico Named for Valencia, New Mexico...
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