![]() ![]() Russian expeditions to Alaska spur Spanish voyages to the Northwest Coast:ġ728: Vitus Bering discovered the Bering Straitsġ741: Bering and Aleksei Chirikov sighted portions of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands Spain's galleons sailed between Mexico and the Philippines, beginning in 1527, establishing a limited Spanish presence in the North Pacific:ġ707: The Spanish galleon San Francisco Xavier, sailing from Manila to Acapulco, shipwrecked on the Oregon coast near Nehalem Beach Robert Ballard Whitebrook, Coastal Exploration of Washington (Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1959).Įuropean and American Exploration of the 18th-Century Pacific Northwest ![]() Princessa Real, ship of Manuel Quimper, 1790, right. HMS Discovery, ship of George Vancouver, left. European Rivalry for the Pacific Northwest
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