CABRILLO, JUAN RODRÍGUEZ

hwän rôthrēˈgāth käbrēˈlyō, Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal. In 1520 he landed in Mexico with Pánfilo de Narváez and joined in the conquests of Mexico and Guatemala. Accompanying Pedro de Alvarado up the west coast of Mexico, he assumed command of the expedition and continued the voyage after Alvarado's death. He discovered San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing at Point Loma Head, now in Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond San Francisco Bay, which he did not find. Returning to winter on San Miguel Island off the Santa Barbara coast, he died Jan. 3, 1543.

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books on: Cabrillo Juan RodrIguez  - 76 results

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Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco
Book by Herbert Eugene Bolton; A.A. Knopf, 1931
Subjects: Anza, Juan Bautista de--1735-1788, California--Description and travel--To 1848, San Francisco (Calif.)--History
...Range, 60 , 61 Cabeza Prieta Tanks, 60 Caborca, 43 , 44 , 46 , 50 - 56 , 86 , 287 , 289 , 318 Cabrera, 320 Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, 13 , 19 Cahuillas Kawias , 100 , 107 , 220 Cajon Pass, 294 Cajuenches Cojats, Caguenches , 73 , 75 , 76...
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Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975
Book by James S. Olson, Sam L. Slick, Samuel Freeman, Virginia Garrard Burnett, Fred Koestler; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Spain--Colonies--History--Dictionaries, Spain--History--Dictionaries, Spain--Territories And Possessions--History--Dictionaries
...Dictionary of Cuba , 1988. CABRILLO, JUAN RODRIGUEZ. Little is known about...Barbara Channel Islands, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo died on January 3, 1543...1929; Henry R. Wagner, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Discoverer of the Coast...
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Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains
Book by Herbert E. Bolton; Whittlesey House, 1949
Subjects: Southwest, New--Discovery And Exploration
...lib. XXXV. A summary of a report now missing. Cabrillo Juan Rodriguez, " Relacion o diario, de la navegacion que hizo Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo con dos navios al descubrimiento del paso del Mar...
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North American Exploration: A New World Disclosed - Vol. 1
Book by John Logan Allen; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: North America--Discovery And Exploration
...68 - 69 , 134 - 35 , 171 , 230 , 297 Cabot, Sebastian, 297 - 99 ; map attributed to, 298 Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez. See Rodriguez Cabrillo, Juan Caceres, Alonso de, 232 California: dispute over licensed rights to, 434 - 36 , 438 - 39...
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Coronado's Quest: The Discovery of the Southwestern States
Book by A. Grove Day; University of California Press, 1940
Subjects: Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de--1510-1554, North America--Discovery and exploration, Southwest, New--Description and travel
...for English trans., see SMITH, Narrative . CABRILLO, JUAN RODRIGUEZ. " Relacion, o diario, de la navegacion que hizo Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo con dos navios, al descubrimiento del paso del...
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journal articles on: Cabrillo Juan RodrIguez  - 5 results

 
 
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"Or Da Poggia, or Da Orza" (Purg. 32): Nautical Deixis in Dante's Commedia
Journal article by William Sayers; The Romanic Review, Vol. 96, 2005
Subjects: Dante Alighieri--Criticism and interpretation, Dante Alighieri--Works, Seafaring (Lifestyle)--Portrayals, Seafaring life--Portrayals, The Divine Comedy (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...example, the account from 1542 of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailing northward along the California...Nino, conde de Buelna, ed. Juan de Mata Carriazo, Madrid, Espasa...diario, de la navegacion que hizo Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo ... , in Coleccion de varios...
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Oceans of Opportunity: 126th AAHPERD National Convention and Expo, March 29-April 2, 2011
Journal article; JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Vol. 82, 2011
Subjects: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Physical education and training--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Physical education--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...Marketing 31211 Via Del Verde San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Palaestra...musicals, concerts, and classes. Cabrillo National Monument www.nps.gov/cabr In 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo became the first European to set...
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1. Historical Outline of Mission Development in the Californias
Journal article; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: California--History, California--Religious aspects, Spanish colonialism--History, Spanish colonialism--Religious aspects, Spanish missions--Buildings and facilities, Spanish missions--History
...1542 by the maritime expedition of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and Bartolome Ferrelo. They discovered...door and window openings. San Juan de Londo was made of stone containing...presidial and Indian labor. Fr. Juan de Ugartes personal, hands-on...
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Discerning Connections, Revising the Master Narrative, and Interrogating Identity in Louis Owens's the Sharpest Sight
Journal article by Chris Lalonde; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: Indians Of Central America--Periodicals
group of California Indians to be discovered by Europeans." 13 The Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo first contacted them in 1542, and the mission system into which they were indoctrinated beginning in the eighteenth century broke...
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Notes and Comments
Journal article; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 87, 2001
...nine-cent United States postage stamp from 1992 commemorating the 450th anniversary of the exploration of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. Eighty numbered copies have been printed. Monsignor Weber accepts the conclusion of Harry Kelsey that the first...


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The Californian Missions: Patricia Cleveland-Peck Introduces a Beautiful String of Spanish Religious Foundations
Magazine article by Patricia Cleveland-Peck; History Today, Vol. 56, August 2006
Subjects: Religious institutions--Evaluation, Religious institutions--Services, Religious organizations--Evaluation, Religious organizations--Services, San Diego, California--Description and travel, San Diego, California--History
...land when it was first spotted by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542, then in 1602 explorer...parochial activities there. San Juan de Capistrano, dubbed Jewel of...forgotten way of life. Mission San Juan de Capistrano was sold to the Mexican...
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On a Mission to Relive History
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, May 2001
Subjects: California--History, Mexico--History, Spaniards in the United States--History, Spanish missions--California
...Russia. As early as 1542, the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing for Spain, had laid claim to San Diego Bay...promoted the reconstructed missions as tourist sites. San Juan Capistrano is the embodiment of romantic ruins, with...
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Monterey, California
Magazine article by Leonard J. Panaggio; Sea Classics, Vol. 34, January 2001
...000 prisms serving as a beacon to seven exhibit areas on two floors beginning with the 16th century when Capt. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo mapped Californias shores. The 18th century is represented by Father Junipero Serra who established Montereys...
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Maritime Museum of San Diego
Magazine article by Leonard Panaggio; Sea Classics, Vol. 41, March 2008
...with the reconstruction, beginning perhaps a year hence, of the galleon San Salvador, capitana (flagship) of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who during his voyage on 28 September, discovered San Diego bay. When complete, San Salvador will be the...
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Santa Cruz Island
Magazine article by Kathy Talley-Jones; California History, Vol. 83, Winter 2006
Subjects: Beaches--Evaluation, Santa Cruz Island (California)--Description and travel
...hike to the edge of the park service property, we hook back up with the ranger. From the bluff he tells about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who sighted the island the Chumash people called Limu on October 13, I542. Gaspar de Portola claimed the island...
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IN THE LAND OF PIONEERS; Brush Aside Everything You Know about North America and Step Back in Time to Discover This Continent's Real Treasures. SEBASTIAN LANDER Takes You on a Tour of America and Canada
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 27, 2011
...www.deep-south-usa.com WEST COAST AND VEGAS CALIFORNIA first caught the eye of europeans in 1542, when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo became the first recorded european to set foot on its golden beaches. in 1579, sir francis Drake stopped to...


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encyclopedia articles on: Cabrillo Juan RodrIguez  - 7 results

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Cabrillo, Juan RodrÍguez
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CABRILLO, JUAN RODRIGUEZ hwan rothre gath kabre lyo, Port. Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho, d...Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing at Point Loma Head, now in Cabrillo National Monument. He then sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond San...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Caribbean; bird rookeries and grottoes. Cabrillo MO SW Calif. 1913 137 (55) Memorial to Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo . California Coastal Rocks and Islands...States; exhibits on maritime history. San Juan HS NE Puerto Rico 1949 75 (30) Oldest...
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San Diego
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a spectacular aquatic park. Also of interest are Cabrillo National Monument and Mission San Diego de Alcala...site of the first European settlement in California. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay in 1542 and claimed the...
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California
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...commanded by the Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo , who explored San Diego Bay and...now open to visitors. In 1776, Juan Bautista de Anza founded San Francisco...involved in local politics, as when Juan Bautista Alvarado led a revolt...
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Alvarado, Pedro De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Hernan...was accidentally killed in the subsequent retreat. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo took command of the maritime expedition. Alvarados...
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