Manuel Quimper

Manuel Quimper Benítez del Pino (c. 1757 – April 1844) is a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official.

He participates in charting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Sandwich Islands in the late 18th century.

He is later appointed a colonial governor in his native Peru at the beginning of the fight for independence there.

He retires to Spain, but is able to return to Peru where he serves as a naval officer in the new republic and pursues a literary career before his death there in Lima.

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