GRAY, ROBERT
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪ], \ɡɹˈeɪ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ]\
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(1755-1806), born in Rhode Island, traded with the Indians on the northwest coast, and returned in 1790 via China, being the first to carry the American flag around the world. He sailed into the Columbia River in 1792, from which arose the American claim to Oregon.
By John Franklin Jameson
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