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9 Cards in this Set
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Juan Cabrillo
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-1542, Spanish Explorer
-Sailed north from Mexico to find route to Asia -Explored present-day San diego, Cape San Martin, and San Miguel Island |
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Sir Francis Drake
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-1579, English Explorer
-Sailed north along California's coast |
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Vitus Bering
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-1728, Russian Explorer
-Traveled NE from Russia across Pacific Ocean -Found water route between Russia and present-day Alaska (later named the Bering Strait) |
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James Cook
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-1700's, British
-Mapped coastlines of New Zealand and eastern Australia while sailing on ship Endeavor -Later explored Antarctica on ship Resolution -Searched for NW Passage, didn't find it, but did find route that connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. -Travels led him to explore the West Coast of North America from Oregon to the Bering Strait |
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Sebastian Vizcaino
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-1602, Spanish Explorer
-Explored from San Diego to Monterey -Made maps of the coast used until late 1700's |
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Gaspar de Portola
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-1767, Spain
-This soldier sent by Spain to run its California colony -led expedition to explore area near present-day Monterey |
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Father Juan Crespi
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-Spanish missionary
-traveled with Portola's expedition -kept journal about the trip |
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Father Junipero Serra
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-1749, left Spain to begin missionary work
-STARTED FIRST MISSION IN CALIFORNIA! -also traveled with Portola's expedition -started 3 missions: San Diego mission in 1769 (San Diego de Alcala), San Antonio de Padua, and San Francisco de Asis. -Established a total of 9 missions all in California -Missions introduced many California Indians to Catholicism |
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Captain Juan Bautista de Anza
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-1775, Spanish
-Led expedition of hundreds of Spanish settlers to area that is now San Francisco |
