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Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra, or simply José Esteban Martínez (1742–1798) was a Spanish naval officer, navigator and explorer, native of Seville. He was a key figure in the Spanish exploration of the Pacific Northwest and the Nootka Crisis .
MARTÍNEZ FERNÁNDEZ Y MARTÍNEZ DE LA SIERRA, ESTEBAN JOSÉ, naval officer and explorer; b. 9 Dec. 1742 in Seville, Spain; m. there 10 Sept. 1770 to Gertrudis González; d. 28 Oct. 1798 in Loreto (Baja California, Mexico). Esteban José Martínez entered Seville’s famous marine Seminario de San Telmo when he was 13 and went to sea within ...
May 10, 2002 · Estéban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra (1742–1798) was a native of Seville, Spain, who studied at that city’s Seminario de San Telmo before embarking on a naval career. Between 1776 and 1788 Martínez sailed on a series of voyages to Spanish California and earned a reputation as the commander most familiar with the ...
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Oct 24, 2010 · Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra, naval officer (b at Seville, Spain 9 Dec 1742; d at Loreto, Mexico 28 Oct 1798). In 1774 he sailed with Juan Pérez Hernández on an exploratory voyage from San Blas, Mexico, to the northern Haida Gwaii and Nootka Sound.
This would be the expedition of Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra and Gonzalo López de Haro, who were accompanied by the pilot José María Narváez, aboard the frigate Nuestra Señora del Rosario, alias La Princesa, and the packet liner San Carlos, alias El Filipino.
Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra. 1742 - 1798. Esteban José Martínez was born on December 9, 1742 in Seville, Spain. He entered Seville's famous marine Seminario de San Telmo when he was 13 and went to sea within three years. By 1773 he was serving as a second pilot in the small naval department of San Blas (state ...
Esteban José Martínez Fernández y Martínez de la Sierra, o simplemente Esteban José Martínez (Sevilla, 1742-1798), fue un oficial naval español del siglo XVIII que participó en varias expediciones de exploración de la costa pacífica de Norteamérica: en 1774 era el segundo a bordo de la fragata Santiago, pilotada por Juan José Pérez ...
