Cosme Damián Churruca y Elorza (Motrico, 1761-Battle of Trafalgar, 1805). Spanish mariner. Admiral of the Royal Spanish Armada. He took part of the expedition to explore the Strait of Magellan (1788). He died at the Battle of Trafalgar (war of the Third coalition of the Napoleonic Wars). Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1878.

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