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Olympia. Juan Perez, in the ship Santiago, coasts the shore of Washington and discovers Mount Olympus, naming it Santa Rosalia......Aug. 10-11, 1774 Bruno Heceta, at the head of a Spanish expedition, discovers the mouth of the Columbia River......1775 Strait of Juan de Fuca explored and named by Captain Meares after a Greek mariner of that name......1788 Captain Meares sails from Nootka southward, rediscovers and names Mount Olympus, and discovers and names Shoalwater Bay......July 5, 1788 Capt. Robert Gray discovers Gray Harbor, which he names Bulfinch Harbor, and Columbia River, which he enters......May 11, 1792 Lieutenant Broughton, of the British navy, ascends Columbia River about 100 miles......October–November, 1792 Puget Sound discovered, named, and explored by George Vancouver......April–July, 1792 Lewis and Clarke United States government exploring expedition descends the Columbia River, reaching its mouth......Nov. 5, 1805 Capt. Meriwether Lewis ex