Aristazabal Island

Aristazabal Island (52 ̊38'00" 129 ̊05'00" SW of Princess Royal I). Named by Lt Cdr Jacinto Caamaño, on his 1792 exploration of the N BC coast with the Aránzazu, for Gabriel de Aristazábal (1743–1805), a celebrated Spanish adm he had served under. Aristazábal was born at Madrid and entered the navy in 1760, serving on both the Atlantic and the Pacific, but especially in the Philippines, where he commanded a Spanish naval base in the 1770s. He gained distinction as a frigate capt in...

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