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Juan Crespí (Catalan: Joan Crespí; 1 March 1721 – 1 January 1782) was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of Las Californias. Biography. A native of Majorca, Crespí entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen. He came to New Spain in 1749, and accompanied explorers Francisco Palóu and Junípero Serra.
Father Juan Crespí (March 1, 1721–January 1, 1782) was a Spanish priest who explored what is now the state of California. He entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen. He came to America in 1749, and joined Francisco Palóu and Junípero Serra in exploring.
Juan Crespi was born in Majorca, Spain on 1st March, 1721. He entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen. On 9th January, 1740, Junipero Serra was officially commissioned to teach philosophy for the next three years in the Convent of San Francisco. Two of his first students were Crespi and Francisco Palóu.
Jun 13, 2021 · In this initial encounter, Father Francisco Gomez and Father Juan Crespí sought to save souls for Christ. Gomez baptized a sick infant whose true name is unknown with the new moniker Maria ...
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Juan Crespi (hwän krās´pē), 1721–82, Spanish explorer in the Southwest, a Franciscan. He came to America in 1749, and in 1767 he went to the peninsula of California in charge of Mission Purísima Concepción. In 1769 he joined the expedition of Gaspar de Portolá to occupy San Diego and Monterey and continued up the coast with Portolá.
By Juan Crespí . Edited and translated by Alan K. Brown . (San Diego: San Diego State University Press. 2001. Pp. xv, 848. $60.00.) Spanish settlement in the modern State of California, immediately following expulsion of Jesuit missionaries from Baja California in 1768, was primarily a task of the Franciscan Order.
Juan Crespi was a Spanish-born American missionary and explorer. He took part in various expeditions and was a founder of the present day Carmel city. Background. Juan Crespi was born on March 01, 1721 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Career. Crespí entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen.
