Heceta

Upon the later Spanish maps this was called Heceta's Inlet, or River of San Roque.

The Western United States A Geographical Reader

To return now to the Spanish explorations, in the latter part of the seventeenth century we find that Heceta, following the first expedition, succeeded in getting as far as Vancouver Island, where, having been parted from an accompanying ship by a storm, he turned southward, passing the Strait of Juan de Fuca and keeping close by the shore.

The Western United States A Geographical Reader

Heceta, a Spanish explorer, who found an opening in the coast, from which rushed so strong a current as to prevent his entering.

Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton

When Heceta and Bodega in 1775 were searching the coast for harbors, they anchored under the lee of the next northerly headland.

A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921

Neither Cabrillo nor Heceta nor Drake makes mention of it.

A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921

Spanish explored the north-west coast under Heceta, who, on his return, observed the strong currents at the mouth of the Columbia.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

{235} Without a doubt, if the river existed at all, it was down behind that Cape Disappointment where Meares had failed to go in, and Heceta been driven back.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Heceta thought he saw the entrance to a river; but was unable to come within twenty miles of the opening to verify his supposition.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Bodega discovered the Bay which bears his name, and Heceta (to spell his name as it is usually written) discovered the Columbia River.

The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco Eusebius J. Molera 1880

The squadron under Heceta had hardly got under way, when the commander of the San Carlos, Don Miguel Manrique, suddenly went mad.

The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco Eusebius J. Molera 1880