Apostolos Valerianos

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Apostolos Valerianos, better known as Juan de Fuca, was a Greek maritime pilot in Spanish service famed for reports of the strait now bearing his name between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.

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Απόστολος Βαλεριάνος 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf explorer
maritime pilot
person
allegiance Spain
alsoKnownAs Ioannis Phokas
Juan de Fuca
areaOfActivity eastern North Pacific Ocean
surface form: Northeast Pacific Ocean

Pacific Northwest
Spanish America
centuryOfBirth 16th century
centuryOfDeath 17th century
continentOfBirth Europe
countryOfBirth Republic of Venice
countryOfCitizenship Greece
dateOfBirth circa 1536
dateOfDeath circa 1602
employer Spain
Spanish Empire
ethnicGroup Greek
explorationSubject hypothetical Northwest Passage
hasNamesake Juan de Fuca Plate
Juan de Fuca Ridge
Juan de Fuca Strait
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca
languageSpoken Greek
Spanish
maritimeRegionExplored Juan de Fuca Strait
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca

coast of present-day British Columbia
coast of present-day Washington State
nameInGreek Apostolos Valerianos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Απόστολος Βαλεριάνος
nameInSpanish Juan de Fuca
narrativeSource Michael Lok
notableFor reports of the Strait of Juan de Fuca
notableWork exploration of the strait between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula
occupation explorer
maritime pilot
navigator
placeOfBirth Cephalonia NERFINISHED
Kefalonia NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
serviceEntry Spanish maritime service

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Juan de Fuca alsoKnownAs Apostolos Valerianos
Apostolos Valerianos nameInGreek Apostolos Valerianos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Απόστολος Βαλεριάνος