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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1497 – January 3, 1543) was an Portuguese maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire.
Aug 2, 2023 · Believed to have been of Portuguese descent, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a soldier and explorer in service to Spain. He is best known for his explorations of the coast of California from...
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (died January 3, 1543?, off the coast of northern California) was a soldier and explorer in the service of Spain, chiefly known as the discoverer of California.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition that explored what is now the west coast of the United States. Cabrillo departed from the port of Navidad, Mexico on June 27, 1542. Three months later he arrived at "a very good enclosed port," which is known today as San Diego Bay.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (c.1498-1543) For half a century before 1542 Spanish explorers had been trying to do what Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, to use the Spanish form of the discoverer’s name, here accomplished.
May 18, 2018 · Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (died 1543) was a Portuguese explorer in service to the Spanish. He is best known for his exploration of the coast of California in 1542-1543. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo served under the command of Pánfilo de Narváez and aided him in the conquest of Cuba about 1518.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is known as the discoverer of California because he was the first European to see the area that is now known as California.
