Portolá expedition

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The Portolá expedition was a 1769–1770 Spanish exploratory and colonizing venture that marked the first overland European exploration of present-day California, leading to the establishment of missions and settlements along the coast.

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instanceOf Spanish exploratory expedition ⓘ
colonizing expedition ⓘ
overland expedition ⓘ
authority Charles III of Spain ⓘ
cause concern over Russian expansion on the Pacific coast ⓘ
chronicleWrittenBy Juan Crespí ⓘ
Miguel Costansó ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
discovered Monterey Bay (by land) ⓘ
linked to: Monterey Bay

San Diego Bay (by land) ⓘ
linked to: San Diego Bay
endDate 1770 ⓘ
firstEuropeanOverlandVisit San Francisco Bay region ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Las Californias ⓘ
included land expedition ⓘ
sea expedition ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
leader Gaspar de Portolá ⓘ
ledTo establishment of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo ⓘ
establishment of Mission San Diego de Alcalá ⓘ
establishment of Presidio of Monterey ⓘ
establishment of Presidio of San Diego ⓘ
legacy beginning of the Spanish mission system in Alta California ⓘ
foundation for later Spanish and Mexican settlements in California ⓘ
location Alta California ⓘ
present-day California ⓘ
notableMember Fernando Rivera y Moncada ⓘ
Juan Crespí ⓘ
Junípero Serra ⓘ
Miguel Costansó ⓘ
organizedBy José de Gálvez ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonization of Alta California ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
precededBy Spanish maritime voyages to the California coast ⓘ
purpose establishment of Spanish presence in California ⓘ
exploration of Alta California ⓘ
selection of sites for missions and presidios ⓘ
religiousOrderInvolved Franciscan Order ⓘ
replaced Jesuit missionaries in Baja California with Franciscans in Alta California ⓘ
result establishment of coastal settlements in California ⓘ
first overland European exploration of present-day California ⓘ
foundation of Spanish missions in California ⓘ
routeEnd Monterey Bay area ⓘ
linked to: Monterey Bay

San Diego Bay area ⓘ
routeStart Loreto, Baja California ⓘ
Velicatá, Baja California ⓘ
sponsor Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
startDate 1769 ⓘ

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Junípero Serra → participatedIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ
Pedro Fages → participatedIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ
El Palo Alto → historicallyAssociatedWith → Gaspar de Portolá expedition ⓘ
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Alta California (Spanish colony) → startEvent → Portolá expedition ⓘ
El Palo Alto tree → associatedWith → Spanish Portolá expedition ⓘ
linked to: Portolá expedition
Gaspar de Portolá → led → Portolá expedition ⓘ
Gaspar de Portolá → startTime → Portolá expedition 1769 ⓘ
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Gaspar de Portolá → endTime → Portolá expedition 1770 ⓘ
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Juan Crespí → participatedIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ
Pedro Fages → participatedIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: Fages
Portolá expedition diaries → documentedEvent → Portolá expedition ⓘ
Miguel Costansó → participatedIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ
Gaspar de Portolá → notableFor → Portolá expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: Portolá
Gaspar de Portolá → participantIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ
subject linked to: Portolá
Portolá statue in Pacifica, California → hasTheme → European exploration of California ⓘ
linked to: Portolá expedition
Presidio of San Diego → associatedWith → Portolá expedition ⓘ
José Antonio Yorba → participantIn → Portolá expedition ⓘ