LC control no. | n 91017404 |
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Personal name heading | Fuca, Juan de |
Variant(s) | Valerianos, Apostolos De Fuca, Juan |
Found in | Marshall, D. Who discovered the straits of Juan de Fuca? 1991: CIP t.p. (Juan de Fuca; Apostolos Valerianos) galley (called commonly Juan de Fuca, but named properly Apostolos Valerianos; a Greek b. in Cefalonia; was in the Spanish West Indies for 40 years; ca. 1592) Collier's encyc. (under Juan de Fuca Strait: "The strait is named after a Greek navigator sailing for the Spanish, who was falsely credited with exploring the region in 1592.") |