EXPLORER: Captain Juan Fransisco de la Bodega y Quadra Mollinedo (1744-1794)
FROM: Lima, Peru; sailed on behalf of Spain
SAILED WITH: Bruno de Hezeta (1751-1807), (Santiago); Ignacio de Arteaga (1735-1783), (Princesa)
IMPORTANT DATES: first expedition set out from San Blas in 1775 and returned the same year; second expedition took place in 1779; returned to Nootka Sound in 1792
VOYAGE: sea
VESSELS: first expedition vessels were the schooner Sonora and frigate Santiago; second expedition vessels were the frigates Favorita and Princesa
POTENTIAL PURPOSE: to claim lands for Spain along the Pacific coast through acts of possession; to engage in diplomatic relations with the British
