Quadra, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y

(1744?-1794). Knight of the Order of Santiago. Made voyages of exploration to the North-West Coast in 1775 and 1779. Governor of Nootka, and met Vancouver there in 1792 for the purpose of arranging the restoration of Nootka to the British crown. Index : D Voyage to North-West Coast, 7, 14; at Bay of Islands, 15; takes po e ion for Spain, 15; searches for Strait of Anian, 15; fails to discover mouth of Columbia, 15; sights Mount St. Elias and enters Prince William's Sound, 15; meets Vancouver at Nootka, 33. Bib. : Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast .