Juan Jose Pérez Hernández

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	Juan José Pérez Hernández (born Joan Perés) was born in Majorca, Spain ca. 1725. Perez first served as a master (piloto) in western Spanish colonial North America on Manila galleons en route to and from the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies. In 1768, he was assigned to the Pacific port of San Blas, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present day Mexico), and acquired the rank of ensign (alférez). Confident of their territorial claims, the Spanish Empire did not explore or settle the northwest coast of North America in the 250 years after being claimed for the crown by Vasco Núñez de Balboa. By the late 18th century; however, learning of Russian and British arrivals along the Pacific Northwest and Alaskan coasts, Spain finally grew sufficiently concerned about their claims to the region and set out to discover the extent of any colonial Russian and British encroachment. In early 1774, the Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, commanded Pérez to explore the Pacific coast with the objective of reaching 60° north latitude (about the latitude of present day Cordova, Alaska) to discover possible Russian America and British settlements and to re-assert the long-standing Spanish claim to the Pacific Northwest. Rumours of Russian fur traders caused the Spanish to send the frigate Santiago north under the command of Pérez, with a crew mostly from New Spain. Pérez was given explicit instructions to treat all indigenous peoples with respect, and to establish friendly relations with any encountered. In July 1774, he reached 54°40' north latitude, just off the northwestern tip of Langara Island, one of the Queen Charlotte Islands. There he had an interaction with a group of Haida natives, but he did not go ashore. Due to a lack of provisions and the poor health of his crew, Pérez turned south at this point despite the viceroy's orders to attain 60° north. He reached Nootka Sound on August 7, 1774, part of today's Vancouver Island and had an extended set of interactions with the natives, including the first trade of trade goods. Again, he did not go ashore, this time because of bad weather that almost ran his ship aground. Pérez was accompanied by Fray Juan Crespi and his assistant Fray Tomas de la Pena y Saravia. Pérez gave the name of Cerro Nevado de Santa Rosalía (Snowy Peak of St. Rosalia) to present day Mount Olympus in the U.S. state of Washington. Pérez continued south to the Presidio of Monterey, Las Californias, which he reached on August 28, 1774. After a brief stay, he continued on to reach San Blas on November 5, 1774, thus completing his expedition. In 1775, a second expedition under Bruno de Heceta and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was organized. Pérez participated as piloto of Heceta's ship, the Santiago. Pérez died on the return journey, on November 3, 1775, between Monterey, California and San Blas. His body was buried at sea. Juan Pérez Sound off the east coast of Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands is named for him. Sources: Geographical Society of the Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the Geographical Society of the Pacific, Volume 4. San Francisco, California. 1907. Speck, Gordon. Northwest Explorations. Binfords and Mort Publishers. Portland, Oregon. 1954. McDonald, Lucile.Search for the Northwest Passage. Binfords and Mort Publishers. Portland, Oregon. 1958. Cook, Warren L. Flood Tide of Empire: Spain and the Pacific Northwest, 1543-1819. Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut. 1973. Saavedra, Santiago. To the Totem Shore: The Spanish Presence on the Northwest Coast. Ediciones El Viso, Madrid, Spain. 1986. Beals, Herbert K. (Translator). Juan Perez on the Northwest Coast: Six Documents of His Expeditions in 1774. Oregon Historical Society Press. Portland, Oregon. 1989. Rodríguez Sala, María Luisa (in Spanish). De San Blas Hasta la Alta California: Los Viajes y Diarios de Juan Joseph Pérez Hernández. Universidad Autónoma de México. 2006. top
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