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relieved him from his position in the Navy, ordering him to explore
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Datos biográficos sobre el
Almirante de las Californias Pedro Porter y Casanate
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Later he would become an admiral of the South Seas fleet. He was knight of the
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Relación en que se ciñen los servicios del almirante don Pedro Porter
Casanate
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in 1634. The same year, he published his first book on naval themes, the
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456:(in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana. pp. 697–698.
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officer, explorer and colonial administrator who served as the
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Relación de don Pedro Porter
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rebels. During his government he founded the fortress of
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215:Correction to mistakes of the Spanish navigation
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382:Memorial de don Pedro Porter al rey de España
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162:(April 30, 1611 – February 27, 1662) was a
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168:Royal Governor of Chile
160:Pedro Porter y Casanate
41:Royal Governor of Chile
490:Diego González Montero
352:Additional information
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865:Rodríguez Ballesteros
760:Sánchez de la Barreda
247:a license to explore
29:Caballero de Santiago
665:Fernández de Córdoba
445:Medina, José Toribio
268:marquis de Cadereyta
242:Viceroy of New Spain
936:Knights of Santiago
465:Government offices
423:Mathes, W. Michel.
306:Hidrografía general
302:Diccionario náutico
283:Cartagena de Indias
245:marquis de Cerralvo
203:Battle of St. Kitts
178:Porter was born in
170:from 1656 to 1662.
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625:Merlo de la Fuente
550:Hurtado de Mendoza
295:Gulf of California
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926:1662 deaths
921:1610 births
650:De la Cerda
630:Jaraquemada
560:P. Villagra
555:F. Villagra
545:F. Villagra
211:sea captain
195:La Rochelle
69:Preceded by
915:Categories
640:Talaverano
484:1656–1662
357:References
342:Concepción
326:Arauco War
249:California
174:Early life
144:Profession
134:Concepción
107:1611-04-30
830:O'Higgins
820:Benavides
800:Balmaseda
765:Salamanca
585:Sotomayor
275:Philip IV
261:peninsula
62:Philip IV
53:1656–1662
49:In office
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810:Jáuregui
790:Berroeta
685:Figueroa
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600:Viscarra
590:Viscarra
540:Valdivia
447:(1906).
287:Veracruz
180:Zaragoza
114:Zaragoza
835:Rezabal
805:Morales
745:Ustariz
710:Meneses
575:Quiroga
565:Quiroga
416:Sources
344:due to
330:Mapuche
265:Viceroy
219:Spanish
207:alférez
188:Admiral
148:Admiral
58:Monarch
880:Osorio
840:Avilés
775:Ovando
740:Ibáñez
715:Dávila
705:Peredo
695:Porter
680:Mujica
655:Osores
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