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Gray, Robert. 1755-1806.
American explorer who twice circumnavigated the globe (1787-1790 and 1790-1793) and discovered Grays Harbor and the Columbia River (1792).
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Gray, Robert — ▪ American explorer born May 10, 1755, Tiverton, R.I. died , summer 1806, at sea near eastern U.S. coast captain of the first U.S. ship to circumnavigate the globe and explorer of the Columbia River. Gray went to sea at an early age,… … Universalium
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