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  1. Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (Catalan: Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira; January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias.

  2. 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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  3. Gaspar de Portolá was a Spanish soldier and explorer. He founded both San Diego and Monterey in California. In his travels, he was accompanied by the priest Junípero Serra. Together they led the Spanish settlement of what is now the state of California.

  4. Sep 24, 2019 · Learn how the Franciscan priest Junípero Serra and the military leader Gaspar de Portolá founded the first missions in Alta California in 1769. Explore their motives, challenges, and conflicts with the native peoples and the Spanish crown.

  5. Gaspar De Portolá ( b. ca. 1717; d. 10 October 1786), commandant-governor of the Californias. A native of Balaguer, Cataluña, Portolá rose from infantry ensign (1734) to lieutenant (1743), and to captain (1764). After serving in campaigns in Italy and Portugal, he arrived in New Spain in 1764.

  6. Gaspar de Portolà, a Catalan military officer and colonial administrator, was appointed governor of the new province of Las Californias and sent to dispossess the Jesuits and replace them with Franciscans, who would set up their own network of missions in the colony.

  7. Jun 27, 2018 · The Spanish explorer and colonial governor Gaspar de Portolá (ca. 1723-ca. 1784) headed the Spanish expedition that established the first missions in Alta California. Gaspar de Portolá was born at Balaguer in the province of Catalonia.