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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Descriptor
- Corvettes (Warships)
Associated Locale
- Spain
Associated Locale
- Pacific Ocean
Field of Activity
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Sources
- found: Diario general del viaje, c1999:p.21 (Corbeta 'Atrevida')
- found: Las Corbetas de la Marina Real Descubierta y Atrevida, 1791:page 441 (the corvettes of the Royal Navy, Descubierta and Atrevida, under the command of Captain Alexandro Malaspina, docked at Acapulco on 19 October 1791)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed May 2, 2019:Descubierta and Atrevida (The Descubierta and Atrevida were twin corvettes of the Spanish Navy, custom-designed as identical special exploration and scientific research vessels; built by Tómas Muñoz at the La Carraca shipyard in Cadiz; launched at the same time, 8 April 1789, for the Malaspina Expedition, Spain's most important voyage of discovery in the 18th century, under the command of Alessandro Malaspina (Descubierta) and José de Bustamante y Guerra (Atrevida); the two vessels sailed from Spain to the Pacific Ocean, they explored the coast of Alaska and worked to reinfoce Spain's claim to the Pacific Northwest) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descubierta_and_Atrevida
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Change Notes
- 2005-03-13: new
- 2019-05-09: revised
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