By design, the vessels parted company on the evening of July 30, 1775 with the "Santiago" continuing north, to what is today the border between Washington and British Columbia, Canada. The "Señora", with second officer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra at the helm, following its orders continuing further north up the coast, ultimately reaching a position at latitude 59° north on August 15, 1775, entering Sitka Sound near the present-day town of Sitka, Alaska. There, and near a Russian settlement on present day Kodiak Island, the Spaniards performed numerous "acts of sovereignty" claiming the territory. Bodega y Quadra named "Puerto de Bucareli" (present day Bucareli Bay, Alaska), "Puerto de los Remedios", and "Cerro San Jacinto" that was renamed Mount Edgecumbe three years later in 1778 by English explorer James Cook.