Juan de Fuca

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Explorer for Spain from Kefalonia, Ionian Islands

Lived 1536 to 1602 · aged 66

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Juan de Fuca was a Greek sailor and explorer under the patronage of Philip II of Spain. He is best known for his claim to have explored the Strait of Anián - now known as the Strait of Juan de Fuca - between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.

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Fuca Pillar at Cape Flattery, Washington, beside the Strait of Juan de Fuca

1768 map showing Juan de Fuca's strait, between New Albion and an island roughly corresponding to the later British Columbia and Alaska, as the entrance of the Northwest Passage

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Lived 1536 to 1602 · aged 66

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