Information AboutRobert Gray |
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Robert Gray ( May 10 , 1755 - Summer, 1806 ). Born in America, he was the first American to Circumnavigate The Globe , in 1790 . In 1791 he sailed a ship named " Columbia " on the Northwest coast. In 1792 he sailed up and named the Columbia River and claimed it for the U.S. in Oregon . Grays Point on the Columbia River, Grays Harbor and Grays Harbor County in Washington are named after him. Robert Gray and Captain John Kendrick started out in two ships to trade along the Northwest Coast in 1787 . Gray captained the Lady Washington and Kendrick captained the Columbia . Later, Gray sailed the Columbia . |