No one is entirely sure of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo’s birth and early life, but they are sure of his accomplishments as and explorer. Cabrillo was an asset to the exploration of earth and the spread of civilization. Cabrillo was an educated man and taught the natives of the New World many things. He was held in high regard in the Americas which gave Spain, the place he explored for, a good foothold on things like territories and goods. Lastly, he was one of the very first Europeans to scout out
Presidio Park, once known as Presidio Hill is one of California's historical landmarks that is situated in the heart of early San Diego, Old Town. Locals and tourists come every year to this buried ruin of early San Diego, to experience and learn about California history. It was once inhabited over one thousand years ago by the indigenous Tipai-Kumeyaay. It was later then seized and taken over by Spanish colonizers in the late 1760’s when they established the first fort, residences, and a mission
Newfoundland, Amerigo Vespucci who discovered South America and the West Indies, Vasco de Balboa who discovered the Pacific Ocean, Hernando Cortez who discovered Mexico and consequently wiped out an entire civilization known as the Aztecs. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo di...
ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DEAfonso de Albuquerque (14??-1515) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer who sailed to the Spice Islands (the Moluccas, a group of Islands in Indonesia) in 1507-1511, trying to monopolize trade with this area; from Europe, he sailed around Africa to the Indian Ocean. He was appointed the Viceroy of India by King Emmanuel in 1509. He forcibly destroyed the Indian city of Calicut in January, 1510, and took Goa (in southern India) in March, 1510, claiming Goa for Portugal. AYLLON
CHAPTER 7 NEW SPAIN EXPANDS NORTH 1565 One of the first explorations of the New World by Spain was to the continent’s east coast. Ponce de Leon, who had accompanied Columbus on his second voyage, and appointed the first governor of Puerto Rico, set out to explore farther north. Landing on the mainland on Easter Sunday, he named the land La Pascua Florida, Spanish for Flowery Passover, meaning the Easter Season. He was so impressed that he laid plans to return and
Hernando Cortes was a man that was born in Medellin Spain, and was born in 1485. Hernando was always rich and was born into royalty. He was a very exciting man; at the age of 19 he joined Diego Velazquez and Nicola de Ovando on their voyages to the new world. He also conquered the Aztec civilization. His father was in the military and he followed in his father’s footsteps. Hernando lived an average life, dying at the age of 62 in 1547. Cortes being born into nobility meant that he got trained in
video title "Junipero Serra and the California Missions" starts by depicting the journey of soldiers and priest to establish settlements on the coast of California in the 1700. The men of the story find the territory of California just like Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo had found it back in 1542, very little had change in the landscape since his
“To discover, understand, and encounter the cultures and intricate natures of the California Indian people, it is necessary to search the past” –Nancy Wahl. Tracing back in California history, Spanish explorers, commanded by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, found the tip of what is now Baja California in the year 1533 and named it "California" after a mythical island in a popular Spanish novel. It is evident that from the time Spanish monarchs set foot in California, the world as Native Americans knew it
which the Spanish later named “the Californias”, after an old Spanish novel called, Las Sergas de Esplandián (Bean, Rawls 22). This quickly led to further interest of the newly discovered land, and in 1542, Upper California was discovered by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. Due to the seldom amount of ships that made route along the California coast, and along with the difficulties of ships being able to arrive at the ports, the Spanish crown eventually saw this land as having nothing to offer. This unfortunately