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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.
Gaspar de Portolá (born c. 1723, Balaguer, Spain—died c. 1784, Mexico or Spain) was a Spanish military officer, the first governor of Upper California, and founder of Monterey and San Diego. The son of a noble family, Portolá entered the Spanish army in 1734.
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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 ...
Sep 24, 2019 · To the secular leader of the expedition, Gaspar de Portolá (1723–1784), the task was to assert Spanish control of this coast, securing it against the claims of Russia. The Spanish had already established small communities in Baja or lower California, led by the Jesuit order.
Gaspar de Portolá, recién nombrado gobernador, fue el responsable de la expulsión de los misioneros de la península de Baja California la cual visitó y fue recibido por Ignacio Tirsch quienes habían establecido 14 Misiones españolas en Baja California y varias visitas en 72 años.
Jul 21, 1997 · One could say Gaspar de Portola put the San Fernando Valley on the map. After all, he was the first European to find it. Portola, governor of Baja California, led an expedition of 61 Spanish...
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May 1, 2024 · Portolá Expedition. In May 1768, the Spanish Inspector General (Visitador) José de Gálvez planned a four-prong expedition to settle Alta California, two by sea and two by land, which Gaspar de Portolá volunteered to command.
