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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal. In 1520 he landed in Mexico with Pánfilo de Narváez and joined in the conquests of Mexico and Guatemala. Accompanying Pedro de Alvarado up the west coast of Mexico, he assumed command of the expedition and continued the voyage after Alvarado's death. He discovered San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing at Point Loma Head, now in Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond San Francisco Bay, which he did not find. Returning to winter on San Miguel Island off the Santa Barbara coast, he died Jan. 3, 1543.
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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish...Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing at Point Loma Head, now in Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond... |
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Pedro de Alvarado
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Hern...accidentally killed in the subsequent retreat. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo took command of the maritime expedition. Alvarado... |
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Santa Catalina
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...wide, with a picturesque, irregular coastline dotted with coves and beaches. It was explored in 1542 by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and given its present name by Vizcaíno in 1602. In 1919, William Wrigley bought the island... |
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San Diego
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...spectacular aquatic park. Also of interest are Cabrillo National Monument and Mission San Diego de Alcal...of the first European settlement in California. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay in 1542 and claimed the... |
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