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Spain Army. Rank. Captain. Captain Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Californias from 1767 to 1770. Born in Catalonia into an aristocratic family, he is best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California ...
The Portolá expedition was a Spanish voyage of exploration in 1769–1770 that was the first recorded European exploration of the interior of the present-day California. It was led by Gaspar de Portolá, governor of Las Californias, the Spanish colonial province that included California, Baja California, and other parts of present-day Mexico ...
Statue of Gaspar de Portolá in Pacifica, California, near the expedition's November 1 camp. This timeline of the Portolá expedition tracks the progress during 1769 and 1770 of the first European exploration-by-land of north-western coastal areas in what became Las Californias, a province of Spanish colonial New Spain.
San Carlos, the first Spanish ship to enter San Francisco Bay. Six years later, on July 26, 1775, the San Carlos took on supplies and departed Monterey, heading for San Francisco. Their mission was to locate the "Bay of San Francisco" and claim the area for Spain. The San Carlos, under the command of Spanish naval officer and explorer ...
1932 [3] Designated SDHL. February 29, 1968 [4] El Presidio Real de San Diego ( Royal Presidio of San Diego) is a historic fort in San Diego, California. It was established on May 14, 1769, by Gaspar de Portolá, leader of the first European land exploration of Alta California —at that time an unexplored northwestern frontier area of New Spain.
San Gregorio Creek is historically significant as the campsite for Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà 's expedition from October 24–27, 1769, when he overshot his goal ( Monterey Bay) and went on to Pacifica where he ascended Sweeney Ridge and discovered San Francisco Bay. [4] The site is registered as California Historical Landmark 26.
Gaspar de Portolá. Gaspar de Portolá 1770. The Portolá Trail Campsite or Portolá Trail Campsite No. 1 is the spot of the first Europeans to travel and camp overnight in what is now Central Los Angeles, California. The Portolá expedition camped at the site on August 2, 1769. The Portolá Trail Campsite No. 1 was designated a California ...
August 7, 2024 at 12:50 PM. The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $50 million that accuses the sub’s operator ...