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Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain and explorer. He was captain of the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe in 1790, and also entered and named the Columbia River in 1792. His trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America pioneered the American sea borne fur tade there.
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Who is Robert gray?
Robert gray is a boy. Robert Gray was also the person that claims that he saw a strait. Which then was named after him.
What was Robert gray's ship's name?
" Columbia rediviva" also Alert
When did Robert gray explore?
He explored because he was commissioned to by Boston merchants.
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