Senor Don Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco y Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo Conde de Revilla Gigedo

ID: 348 ~ Source: From Mexicana. “Virrey Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco y Padilla,” available at https://mexicana.cultura.gob.mx/en/repositorio/detalle?id=_suri:INAH_PINTURA:TransObject:5f3ed4327a8a0206312d3641.

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The namesake of Orcas Island, Senor Don Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco y Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo Conde de Revilla Gigedo. Orcas is a shortened form of Horcasitas.

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The Naming of Orcas Island – Contrary to what one might think, the island isn’t named after whales!

By Rachel Baker

Spanish naval officer Francisco de Eliza led several expeditions through the Pacific Northwest in the late 1700s to explore the area’s rich ecosystems, and visited the San Juan island chain in 1791. The Viceroy of Mexico commissioned this particular…