Manuel Quimper
18/19th-century Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, colonial official, and naval officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manuel Quimper Benítez del Pino (c. 1757[1] – April 2, 1844) was a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated in charting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Sandwich Islands in the late 18th century. He was later appointed a colonial governor in his native Peru at the beginning of the fight for independence there. He retired to Spain, but was able to return to Peru where he served as a naval officer in the new republic and pursued a literary career, publishing over 20 books about his experiences before his death there in Lima.
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