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People: Joseph Whidbey
Topic: Brazilian Declaration of Independence
Location: Otranto Puglia Italy

Joseph Whidbey

member of the Royal Navy
Years: 1757 - 1833

Joseph Whidbey (1757 – October 19, 1833) is a member of the Royal Navy who serves on the Vancouver Expedition 1791–95, and later achieves renown as a naval engineer.

He is notable for having been the first European to discover and chart Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in 1794.