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Pedro Fages (1734–1794) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, first Lieutenant Governor of the province of the Californias under Gaspar de Portolá.
INTRODUCTION. It has been thought hitherto that the first inland exploration of the country between Monterey and the head of the bay of San Francisco, and of the eastern shore—except for the short distance which may have been traversed by the reconnoitering party sent out in 1769 by Portolá—was that made by Pedro Fages in March, 1772.
Pedro Fages was a Spanish military commander and explorer. He played an important role in the early Spanish settlement of California. Fages served in Gaspar de Portolá’s expedition that founded Spanish settlements at both San Diego and Monterey. After Portolá returned to Mexico, Fages served as the second military commander of California.
Pedro Fages, a native of Catalonia, was promoted to lieutenant in 1767, placing him second in command of the newly formed Free Company of Catalonian volunteers at the age of 33. Fages left Cádiz, Spain, in 1767 to fight Indians in Sonora.
Pedro Fages was an explorer of note in the Bay region. He had been a. member of the first exploring party, the Portola expedition of 1769. In 1770 on his own initiative, as lieutenant and military commander of Upper California, he discovered a land route from Monterey to the south. end of San Francisco Bay which was shorter by ten leagues than the.
Pedro Fages (pā´ŧħrō fä´hās), fl. 1767–96, Spanish governor of Alta California (1782–91). In Mexico in 1767, he was ordered to accompany the expedition of Gaspar de Portolá, which established (1770) the mission at Monterey, where he became commandant.
Pedro Fages (b. 1734; d. 1794), Spanish soldier and explorer. Fages, a native of Guisona, Catalonia, joined the Barcelona-based Catalonian volunteers in 1767 and participated in the Sonora Expedition of 1767–1771 in Mexico.
