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Juan Crespí (Catalan: Joan Crespí; 1 March 1721 – 1 January 1782) was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of Las Californias. Biography. A native of Majorca, Crespí entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen. He came to New Spain in 1749, and accompanied explorers Francisco Palóu and Junípero Serra.
May 8, 2016 · Los primeros misioneros los trataron con gran cariño, empezando por los franciscanos fray Juan Crespí y fray Junípero Serra, quienes estuvieron en Ensenada en 1769.
- Carlos Lazcano
Father Juan Crespí (March 1, 1721–January 1, 1782) was a Spanish priest who explored what is now the state of California. He entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen. He came to America in 1749, and joined Francisco Palóu and Junípero Serra in exploring.
Crespí, Joan. Islas Baleares, m. s. XV – 1521. Dirigente de las Germanías de Mallorca. Pelaire de oficio, se desconoce el lugar y fecha exacta de nacimiento. Participó en la campaña de defensa de Bujía de 1515 como simple soldado en la compañía de su gremio.
Also in the Apr. 1 entry, Crespí describes his accidental discovery of a spring branch while on a particular errand near camp; the Captain merely remarks that the soldiers named it Father Juan’s Creek—which is more or less in line with his giving the soldiers’ names for the other campsites.
Photostatic copy of the diary of Father Juan Crespi, containing an account of his journey from Mexico to California in 1768, and his overland journeys from Loreto to San Francisco and Monterey, between February 1769 and May 1770 -- As part of the expedition proposed by the viceroy, Marqués de Croix, and the visitor general, José de Gálvez to ...
Jun 13, 2021 · Crespí remembered it as where they had baptized La Cristianita, but didn’t note if he inquired about her fate. The girl, after all, mattered more to him dead than alive.
