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    José María Narváez (1768 – August 4, 1840) was a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Gulf Islands and Lower Mainland...
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    He was born at Loja, Granada, a son of José María de Narváez y Porcel, 1st Count of Cañada Alta, and wife María Ramona de Campos y Mateos. He entered the...
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    José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez (born August 18, 1948) is a Mexican singer and composer. He arrived from Aguascalientes to Mexico City in 1966. He competed...
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  • Miguel Narváez Machón, Spanish football player Frankie Narvaez (1939–2004), Puerto Rican boxer Israel Narvaez, gang leader in New York José María Narváez (1768–1840)...
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    the eighteenth century. He was the great-great-great-grandson of José María Narváez (1768–1840), a Spanish explorer who was the first to enter the Strait...
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    by Queen María Cristina in the name of his son Alfonso XIII to José María Narváez, 2nd Duke of Valencia and the nephew of Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke...
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    In 1791, the Spanish ship Santa Saturnina, under Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez, explored Barkley Sound in detail. The Spanish named it Boca de Carrasco...
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    Spanish schooner Santa Saturnina under José María Narváez, during the 1791 expedition of Francisco de Eliza. Narváez named it Seno Gaston. Bellingham, Washington...
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  • Juan Islands, and the Strait of Georgia. Under the Spanish commander José María Narváez Santa Saturnina was the first European vessel to find and explore...
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    José Martínez, on the Princesa, was in command of the expedition, accompanied by the San Carlos under Gonzalo López de Haro, with José María Narváez serving...
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    strait was explored in detail between 1789 and 1791 by Manuel Quimper, José María Narváez, Juan Carrasco, Gonzalo López de Haro, and Francisco de Eliza. The...
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    time. The first Europeans to explore the area were Spanish Captain José María Narváez in 1791, and British naval Captain George Vancouver in 1792. The area...
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    but they were not recognized as islands until Eliza's expedition. José María Narváez, one of Eliza's pilots, also helped explore the San Juans in 1791...
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  • Atmospheric Administration. Smith Island was discovered in 1791 by José María Narváez, who called it Isla de Bonilla. It received its present name from...
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  • recorded contact with Europeans happened with George Vancouver and José María Narváez in 1791–1792, disease had devastated much of the population before...
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  • late 18th century. He was second in command of the 1791 voyage of José María Narváez, the first European exploration of the Strait of Georgia. Many details...
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  • command of the packet ship San Carlos (el Filipino). Second Pilot José María Narváez sailed with Haro. The ships arrived at Prince William Sound in May...
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    Himalayas and Central Asia Fridtjof Nansen Norwegian 19th/20th Arctic José María Narváez Spanish 18th Pacific Northwest Nearchus Greek 4th BC Arabian Sea,...
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    naval explorer José María Narváez for Felix de Tejada, a Spanish rear-admiral during the 1791 expedition of Francisco de Eliza. Narváez gave the name Isla...
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    neighbors in 1912. Guemes Island was named by the Spanish explorer José María Narváez as Isla de Güemes during the 1791 expedition of Francisco de Eliza...
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    Europeans became acquainted with the area of the future Vancouver when José María Narváez of Spain explored the coast of present-day Point Grey and parts of...
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    benevolent bishop, Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto) by the Spanish Captain José María Narváez in July, 1791. In 1860 Cpt. George Henry Richards renamed the island...
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    but not its location, had been deduced during the 1791 voyage of José María Narváez, under Francisco de Eliza. The upper reaches of the Fraser River were...
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    exploration of the Strait of Georgia in 1791 by Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez, as well as brief contact with the Vancouver expedition by the Squamish...
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    1791, the first European explorers in the region, Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez, sailing under orders of Francisco de Eliza, entered the western part...
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    explorers in the Strait of Georgia were the Spaniards Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez, who sighted Point Grey in 1791, the Spanish Banks were named in commemoration...
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    Island by Europeans was by the Spanish during the 1791 voyage of José María Narváez, who named it San Vincente. The island was named again by Captain...
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    Juan de Fuca. From a base at Port Discovery, his pilotos (masters) José María Narváez and Juan Carrasco explored the San Juan Islands, Haro Strait, Rosario...
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    to see Tsawwassen was the expedition of Spanish explorer José María Narváez in 1791. Narvaez named the Point Roberts peninsula Isla de Zepeda and wrote...
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    voyage of the Spanish ship Santa Saturnina, under Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez. It was named by Captain Richards in 1860 for Rear Admiral Joseph...
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