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  • Valdez, Alaska 61°7′51″N 146°20′54″W

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    Valdez is another beautiful place with interesting history. It was named in the late 1700s after a Spanish Naval Officer, Antonio Valdez y Fernandez Bazan, by a Spanish explorer, Salvador Fidalgo. In 1790, during the Spanish expeditions in the Pacific Northwest, Fidalgo sailed into Prince William Sound & the Cook Inlet before anchoring in Cordova,…