Bruno de Heceta

Bruno de Heceta
Born
Bruno de Heceta y Dudagoitia

(1743-03-01)1 March 1743
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Died16 August 1807(1807-08-16) (aged 64)
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Occupationexplorer

Bruno de Heceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia (1743–1807) was a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family, he was sent by the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, to explore the area north of Alta California in response to information that there were colonial Russian settlements there.

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