Durante il viaggio, Eliza esplorò una parte delle San Juan Islands. ###>==History==The name "Orcas" is a shortened form of "Horcasitas," or Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the Viceroy of Mexico who sent an exploration expedition under Francisco de Eliza to the Pacific Northwest in 1791.