Jacinto Caamaño

Jacinto Caamano Moraleja (* 1759 in Madrid, Spain; ? † 1825) was an explorer and the leader of the last great Spanish voyage of discovery of Alaska (then Russian America ) and the coast of British Columbia. He was a Knight of the Order of Calatrava and came from an aristocratic family in Galicia, from whose home location in the vicinity of Santiago de Compostela was. His father was Juan Fernández de Caamano and his mother Mariana Moraleja Alocen. He served 18 years in the Armada Española; two years later he was promoted to ( Alférez de navio ).

Explorations

A few years later he took part in a political and commercial travel to Constantinople Opel to build business relations with Turkey, Poland and Russia. After a short trip to Cuba in 1787, he was chosen by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, to visit the Pacific coast of Mexico and the naval base of San Blas, the headquarters for the exploration of the Pacific Northwest. At the time he was a frigate lieutenant ( Teniente de Fragata ). With him went his brother Francisco de Eliza, who distinguished himself as governor of Fort San Miguel on Vancouver Iceland, Nootka Sound. On board their ship on the way to Mexico was Don Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, the newly appointed Viceroy of New Spain. On February 3, 1790 Caamano took part in an expedition to the Pacific Northwest. He had command of the 189 tons frigate Nuestra Señora del Rosario (also known as La Princesa ), built in San Blas for exploring the North. On this trip, he did not sail outside of Nootka, but in 1792 he went so far as Bucareli Bay with the leadership of the Aránzazu, a corvette built in Cavite in the Philippines. At this time he was promoted to Lieutenant ship ( Teniente de Navio ). On this expedition the coast of Bucareli was explored to Nootka. The map of Alaska and British Columbia has been marked with many names that still exist today. On June 13, Caamano sailed from Nootka to explore Bucareli Bay, off the Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) and anchored in Dixon Entrance on July 20. He then sailed south through the Principe Channel, Nepean Sound, Whale Sound, near Estevan Group ( Archipelago), then in the Caamano Sound and south through Laredo Channel Aristazabal between Iceland and Princess Royal Iceland. He came back on September 7, 1792 by Nootka. He named Principe Channel, Laredo Channel, Campania Iceland, Campania Sound, Aristazabal Iceland and Iceland Gil after his name. George Vancouver took this name on his card.

Later career and family

Having successfully completed the trip to Alaska Caamano was sent after a short stay in San Blas on the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines. From 1794 to 1807 he served at several bases between Mexico and Peru. Caamano married during one of these trips, the Ecuadorian Francisca de Arteta Santistevan, with whom he had eight children. In 1820 he was still living in Guayaquil, the birth of his youngest daughter. Nothing is known about his death date and place. Some of his descendants lived in Ecuador. On most well-known is his grandson Jose Placido Caamano the President of the Republic of Ecuador was.

Heritage

Camano Iceland is an island in Puget Sound was named as Caamano Sound in British Columbia in honor of Jacinto Caamano after him .. Other Spanish names in the immediate vicinity of Caamano Sound are Campania Sound, Estevan Point and Aristazabal Iceland. Also named after him is the Caamano Passage.

Credentials

• Henry R. Wagner: The Journal of Jacinto Caamano. In: British Columbia Historical Quarterly. 2 (3 ), pp. 189-222 and 2 ( 4 ), pp. 265-300.
• Henry R. Wagner: Northwest Coast. Pp. 233-235.
• Derek Hayes: Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest. Sasquatch Books, Seattle in 1999, ISBN 1-570-61215-3, page 76
• Raymond Howgego: Encyclopedia of Exploration. I, C1, p 167
• Kathleen E Dalzell: The Queen Charlotte Islands. Vol 2: Places and Names. Cove Press, 1973, ISBN 0-88894-313- X.

Footnotes

• Discoverer (18th century)
• Spaniard
• Born in 1759
• Died in the 19th century
• Man