Person

Jacinto Caamaño

leader of the last great Spanish exploration of Alaska (then Russian America) and the Coast of British Columbia

b. 1759 CE – d. 1825 CE World Northern Oceania

Jacinto Caamaño Moraleja (1759-1825?) iss the leader of the last great Spanish exploration of Alaska (then Russian America) and the Coast of British Columbia.

He is a Knight of the Military Order of Calatrava.

Born in Madrid, he comes from an aristocratic Galician family, whose homestead is near Santiago de Compostela.