Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was a Spanish Criollo naval officer operating in the Americas. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Department base at San Blas, in Viceroyalty of New Spain, he explored the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska. Bodega Bay in California is named for him.
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
Bust of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in Quadra Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
San Blas is both a municipality and municipal seat located on the Pacific coast of Mexico in Nayarit.
Panorama of San Blas
Ruins of a Colonial church on the Contaduría Hill, in San Blas
A dock in San Blas