Robert Gray (sea captain)
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Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1787 and 1793, which p
Captain Gray (Not showing his lack of one eye)
Medal made for Gray and Kendrick to take on the voyage
A royal Hawaiian Mahiole, or feathered helmet, collected by Gray in 1789
Martha Gray's petition to Congress
Columbia River
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The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the
Robert Gray (sea captain)
…of that coast and in the year 1790 he completed the first American circumnavigation of the world. He was also noted for coming upon and naming the Columbia River, in 1792, while on his second voyage. Gray's earlier and later life are both comparatively obscure. He was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and may have…
Columbia River from Rowena Crest with Interstate 84 on the right
The Columbia River Gorge facing east toward Beacon Rock
Drumheller Channels, part of the Channeled Scablands formed by the Missoula Floods
Panoramic view of Columbia River Gorge from Dog Mountain in Washington