Robert Gray
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Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1787 and 1793, which pioneered the American maritime fur trade in that region.
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Medal made for Gray and Kendrick to take on the voyage
Gray's men battling Native Americans near Tillamook Bay
A royal Hawaiian Mahiole, or feathered helmet, collected by Gray in 1789
Winter Quarters, established by Capt. Gray and the crew of Columbia Rediviva in Adventure Cove in Clayoquot Sound; painting circa 1793, by George Davidson
Sketch of Columbia Rediviva on the river bearing her name
Martha Gray's petition to Congress
Map of Grays Harbor in WashingtonHistorical Figures from United States 6
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Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1787 and 1793, which pioneered the American maritime fur trade in that region. In the course of those voyages, Gray explored portions of that coast and in the year 1790 he completed the first American circumnavigation of the world. He was also noted for coming upon and naming the Columbia River, in 1792, while on his second voyage.
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