Peter Puget (1765 – 31 October 1822) was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of Puget Sound, which is named for him. Puget's...
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Puget Sound (/ˈpjuːdʒɪt/ PEW-jit; Lushootseed: x̌ʷəlč IPA: [ˈχʷəlt͡ʃ] WHULCH) is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins...
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The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and...
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Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. The island was named for Peter Puget, a lieutenant in the Vancouver Expedition of exploration, which first...
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French astrophysicist Peter Puget (1765–1822), officer in the Royal Navy, known for his exploration of Puget Sound Pierre Paul Puget (1620–1694), French...
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after Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens Puget Sound, after Discovery's lieutenant Peter Puget, who explored its southern reaches. Mount Hood Mount...
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then-Lieutenant George Vancouver and then-Midshipman Peter Puget. Vancouver picked Baker as 3rd Lieutenant (and Puget as 2nd Lieutenant) of HMS Discovery for a round-the-world...
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George Vancouver (category Burials at St Peter's, Petersham)
Puget Sound – after Discovery's 2nd lieutenant Peter Puget, who explored its southern reaches. Mount Rainier – after his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier...
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thousand years ago by the Salish peoples who still live there. Lieutenant Peter Puget perhaps made first contact with the indigenous peoples and first charted...
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America. In 1792, Whidbey accompanied Lieutenant Peter Puget in small boats to explore what was later named Puget Sound in Washington state. On 2 June, the team...
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Vancouver for his aide, Peter Puget, in 1792. The ninth Puget Sound Update, from the Puget Sound Action Team reports that: "the Puget Sound has biological...
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Newell, Gordon (1979). Peter Puget: Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, fighting British naval officer, the man for whom Puget Sound was named. Gray...
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United States Nikolai Przhevalsky Russian 19th Central Asia Peter Puget English 19th Puget Sound Pytheas Greek 4th BC Northern Europe Zhang Qian Chinese...
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and probably mentored future famous officers such as George Vancouver, Peter Puget and Joseph Whidbey. Gardner became a Member of Parliament for Plymouth...
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silhouette of a bear. The first recorded visit by Europeans was in 1792 when Peter Puget and a crew from the British Vancouver Expedition charted the site. In...
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many of whom would distinguish themselves in future service, including Peter Puget, Joseph Baker, Joseph Whidbey, William Broughton, Zachary Mudge, Thomas...
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Interwoven Lives of George Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, Joseph Whidbey and Peter Puget: The Vancouver Voyage of 1791–1795. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen...
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Fox Island, Washington (category Populated places on Puget Sound)
Expedition, Peter Puget led an exploration party through southern Puget Sound. After an encounter with local Native tribes ended with Puget ordering a...
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and Duwamish. The first recorded Europeans came to Olympia in 1792. Peter Puget and a crew from the British Vancouver Expedition are said to have explored...
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Raft Island (category Islands of Puget Sound)
is oval in shape. It is located in Henderson Bay within Puget Sound. Lieutenant Peter Puget of the Vancouver Expedition [led by Captain George Vancouver...
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Wars. Among her more famous midshipmen were the future Rear-Admiral Peter Puget, and John Pasco, Nelson's signal officer at the Battle of Trafalgar....
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7 m) long and weighs 3 tons. An interpretive sign about the landing of Peter Puget at Mud Bay was placed by the county's historical commission along Mud...
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Peter Halkett) Alfred 74 (Captain John Bligh) Brunswick 74 (Captain Thomas Graves) Captain 74 (Captain Isaac Wolley) Goliath 74 (Captain Peter Puget)...
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Puget Creek is a small urban creek in the U.S. state of Washington, in the north end of Tacoma, It rises in Puget Park and flows north to Commencement...
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explored Puget Sound in 1792. Vancouver claimed it for Great Britain on June 4, 1792, naming it for one of his officers, Lieutenant Peter Puget. Alexander...
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November 1792 Chatham's commander was sent back to England with dispatches; Peter Puget was her commander through her return to England on 17 October 1794. Chatham...
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Sir John Jervis put Commander Peter Puget, in HMS Raven in charge of San Nicolás de Bari, still crewed by Spaniards. Puget suppressed a mutiny and delivered...
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Whidbey Island (category Islands of Puget Sound)
HMS Discovery) and Peter Puget (a lieutenant on the ship), began to map and explore the areas of what would later be named Puget Sound. After Whidbey...
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HMS Europa, where serving under him were Midshipmen James Baker and Peter Puget, and Lieutenant George Vancouver, who would become significant in future...
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Newell, Gordon (1979). Peter Puget: Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, fighting British naval officer, the man for whom Puget Sound was named. Gray...
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