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Francisco de Ulloa ( pronounced [fɾanˈθisko ðe wˈʎoa]) (died 1540) was a Spanish explorer who explored the west coast of present-day Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula under the commission of Hernán Cortés.
Francisco de Ulloa (¿? - desaparecido en la costa del Pacífico de Norteamérica en 1540) fue un navegante español que exploró la costa occidental del actual México por comisión de Hernán Cortés . Se ignora la fecha y lugar de su nacimiento, aun cuando es seguro que era español.
In 1539 Spanish explorer Francisco de Ulloa proved that Baja California was a peninsula rather than an island, and he named the gulf Mar Bermejo (“Vermilion Sea”) because of the impressive red plankton that is found in its waters.
In 1539, Cortés sent Francisco de Ulloa to explore the Gulf of California, which is also known as the Sea of Cortez. At this time, everyone thought that this body of water was part of the Pacific Ocean, and that the land visited by Jiménez a few years earlier was an island.
Francisco de Ulloa (fränŧħēs´kō ŧħā ōōlyō´ä), d. c.1540, Spanish explorer in Mexico. Against the orders of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, Hernán Cortés sent Ulloa to explore the Gulf of California. In 1538–39 he sailed to the head of the gulf, thus proving that lower California was a peninsula.
Little is known for certain about Francisco de Ulloa prior to this voyage. He was a Spanish naval commander who went to Mexico with or soon after the conquistador Hernan Cortes. Some early authors claimed that he helped Cortes subdue the country in 1520 by providing naval support on the lake that surrounded the Aztec capital.
Francisco de Ulloa (pronounced [fɾanˈθisko ðe wˈʎoa]) (died 1540) was a Spanish explorer who explored the west coast of present-day Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula under the commission of Hernán Cortés.
