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Robert Gray (Tiverton, Rhode Island, 10 de mayo de 1755 - ca. julio de 1806) fue un comerciante y capitán de barco estadounidense que es conocido por sus logros en dos viajes comerciales en la costa del Pacífico norte de Norteamérica, entre 1790 y 1793, que fueron pioneros en el comercio marítimo de pieles estadounidense en la ...
Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – c. July 1806) was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1790 and 1793, which pioneered the American maritime fur trade in that region.
9 de may. de 2024 · Robert Gray (born May 10, 1755, Tiverton, R.I.—died summer 1806, at sea near eastern U.S. coast) was the captain of the first U.S. ship to circumnavigate the globe and explorer of the Columbia River.
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Robert Gray (1755–1806) On May 11, 1792, Robert Gray, the first American to circumnavigate the world (1787-1790), sailed the Columbia Rediviva into the Columbia River, the first documented ship to anchor in the river’s broad estuary.
Robert Gray fue un comerciante y capitán de barco estadounidense que es conocido por sus logros en dos viajes comerciales en la costa del Pacífico norte de Norteamérica, entre 1790 y 1793, que fueron pioneros en el comercio marítimo de pieles estadounidense en la región.
13 de ene. de 2003 · Gray, a Rhode Island born captain in the employ of a consortium of Boston merchants, was on his second voyage to the Northwest in search of sea otter and other furs. On his first voyage around Cape Horn and up the Pacific Coast in 1788, he had noted a strong current at the mouth of the Columbia.
In May 1792, American merchant sea captain Robert Gray sailed into the Columbia River, becoming the first recorded American to navigate into it.
