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1775: Spanish Land in PNW
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Spanish explorers Bruno Heceta (Hezeta y Dudagoita) and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra explore the Washington coast in 1775. Seven of Heceta's crewmen become the first Europeans to walk -- and die -- in the future state of Washington when they land near Neah Bay on July 14, 1775, and are promptly killed by natives.