Question #151085. Asked by
pehinhota.
Last updated Feb 19 2025.
Originally posted May 11 2024 8:47 AM.
... it began on May 12, 1792, when American captain Robert Gray’s ship crossed the western river’s treacherous bar. Gray would become the first known explorer of European descent to enter the river. His fur trading mission was financed by Boston merchants who outfitted him with a private vessel named “Columbia Rediviva.” So he named the great river after the ship on May 18.
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