Principe Channel

Principe Channel (53˚29'00" 129˚59'00" E of Banks I, W of Pitt I and McCauley I), Principe Islets (53˚15'00" 129˚38'00" SE end of Principe Channel, off SW Pitt I). Spanish naval officer Jacinto Caamaño and the Aránzazu were assigned in 1792 to explore the BC N coast on either side of Dixon Entrance and search for the fictitious Str of Fonte (supposedly a navigable sea passage across N America). Caamaño sailed S between Banks I (which he called Isla de la Calamidad, or Calamity I) and...

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