Bruno de Heceta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish explorer
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Place of Birth: Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
About Bruno de Heceta
- 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 MarÃa 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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