Juan de Fuca
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Juan de Fuca (born 1536 as Ioannis Phokas in Kefalonia/Greece; died 1602 in Zákynthos/Greece, often reported as Apostolos Valerianos), was a Greek captain employed by Spain to sail northward from Mexico and look for a northern passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. In 1592, his exploration took him into the body of water, the Strait of Juan de Fuca (since 1788 named after him). His ancestors had fled Constantinople about half a century before his birth.
The Juan de Fuca Plate, which also bears his name, is a tectonic plate subducting under the northerly portion of the western side of the North American Plate along the coasts of Oregon and Washington States in the US.
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- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- http://www.famousamericans.net/apostolosvalerianos/
- http://www.abcbookworld.com/?state=view_author&author_id=4162
- http://www.vancouver.grconsulate.ca/english/pioneers/index.cfm?Directory=Pioneers&Page=4
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