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BICENTENNIAL OF THE SPANISH EXPEDITIONS TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA. 1791-1991 In July, 1791, the Spanish pilot JOSE MARIA NARVAES, commanding the schooner SANTA SATURNINA explored these waters and named this place ISLAS DE LANGARA. One year later DIONISIO ALCARA GALIANO and CAYETANO VALDES, sailing the schooners SUTIL AND MEXICANA, met here with GEORGE VANCOUVER on that occasion, and during the summer of 1792, the Spanish and English navigators shared and exchanged their survey results from the first circumnavigation of Vancouver Island be Europeans. April 1991