Valdes Bay

Valdes Bay (49˚44'00" 126˚29'00" E side of Hisnit Inlet, Nootka Sd, W side of Vancouver I), Valdes Island (49˚05'00" 123˚40'00" Between Galiano I and Gabriola I, Gulf Is). Spanish naval officer Cayetano Valdés y Flores (1767–1835) was a member of Alejandro Malaspina’s 1789–94 round-the-world voyage. He had been recommended for the post by his uncle, Antonio Valdés y Bazán, who served as Spain’s minister of marine and capt-gen of the navy. In 1792, Valdés and Dionisio...

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