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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW What would become Washington state was the object of a sort of ping-pong match for the first centuries of European exploration: It was first claimed by Spain in 1543, and then by England in 1579, after Sir Francis Drake sighted the coastline. The Spanish actually landed in 1775; Captain Cook claimed the Olympic View Website VIP Subscription

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