Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra Verjaardag, Geboortedatum

Frigate Captain Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (22 May 1743 – 26 March 1794) was a Spanish Navy officer. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Department base at San Blas, in Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico), he explored the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska. Bodega Bay in California is named for him. Bodega joined the Spanish Naval Academy in Cádiz at 19, and four years later, in 1767 was commissioned as an officer of the rank of frigate ensign (alférez de fragata). In 1773 he was promoted to ship-of-the-line ensign (alférez de navío), and in 1774 to ship-of-the-line lieutenant (teniente de navío).