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Cabrillo's heir Don Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo de Medrano was the encomendero of Xicalpa, Jocopila and Comitlán, [32] and twice town magistrate of Santiago de Guatemala and owner of a cattle ranch along the road connecting Xicalapa to Miahuatlán. [33] In February 1579 he helped Francisco Díaz Del Castillo as a witness to his testimony. [34]
Cabrillo National Monument (Spanish: Monumento nacional Cabrillo) is a U.S. national monument at the southern tip of the Point Loma peninsula in San Diego, California. It commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542.
Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California. The first European expedition to explore the upper California coast was led by the explorer and conquistador Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (c. 1499–1543). Cabrillo shipped for Havana as a young man and joined forces with Hernán Cortés in New Spain in about 1520 as a conquistador crossbow man.
Cabrillo National Monument recently commemorated the anniversary of the first European to set foot in California. Things didn't go as planned. Column: Cabrillo landed in California 480 years ago.
For instance, a Spanish map from 1548 depicts California as a peninsula, [8] while a 1622 Dutch map depicts California as an island. [citation needed] A 1626 Portuguese map depicts the land as a peninsula, [citation needed] while a 1630 British map depicts it as an island. [9] A French map from 1682 only shows the tip of the Baja Peninsula.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is believed to be the first European to explore the California coast. He was either of Portuguese or Spanish background, although his origins remain unclear. He was a soldier, crossbowman, and navigator who sailed for the Spanish Crown. Cabrillo led an expedition in two ships of his own design and construction from the ...
October 8: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails from Catalina Island to San Pedro Bay and names it Bay of Smoke. October 9: Cabrillo Anchors in Santa Monica Bay then Departs North. November 23: Cabrillo on his return trip Anchors and Lands in Catalina Island to overwinter and make repairs. The Party of Explorers departed a short time later.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo The first European to set foot on the island was the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , who sailed in the name of the Spanish crown. [ 6 ] On October 7, 1542, he claimed the island for Spain and christened it San Salvador after his ship (Catalina has also been identified as one of the many possible burial ...