Bruno de Heceta
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Bruno de Heceta y Dudagoitia was a Spanish explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family, he was sent by the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, to explor
Portrait, c. 1785
Heceta Head Light
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Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast 13 miles north of Florence, and 13 miles south of Yachats in the United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, a
Bruno de Heceta
…against France and Great Britain in Europe. He died in Málaga in 1807 with the rank of Vice Admiral. Heceta Island in Alaska, and Heceta Head and the Heceta Head Light on the Oregon Coast, are named after him. In Oregon it is pronounced "Ha–SEE–Ta" and in Alaska it is pronounced "HECK–ah–Ta." Spanish expeditions to…
View of Heceta Head Light showing Heceta Head
Closeup view of the Heceta Head Light tower
The lightkeepers' houses, circa 1900. The house on the left was razed in 1940.
Aerial view, 1954