Cardero, Manuel José Antonio

CARDERO, Manuel José Antonio, sailor, artist (b 20 Oct 1766, Ecija, Spain; d after 1810, in Spain). In 1789 he was a cabin boy on Alejandro MALASPINA's round-the-world expedition. A talented artist, he began making sketches during the trip. The expedition reached Mexico and was diverted north in 1791 to seek the famed Strait of ANIAN. His ship visited NOOTKA SOUND in mid-Aug; there he made some of the earliest drawings of BC. In 1792, when Dionisio ALCALÁ-GALIANO and Cayetano VALDÉS were...

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