Portolá expedition
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The Portolá expedition was a Spanish voyage of exploration in 1769–1770 that was the first recorded European exploration of the interior of the present-day California. It was led by Gaspar de Portolá,
Point of San Francisco Bay Discovery
Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira
Portolá Trail historic plaque on rock in Elysian Park in Los Angeles, near the North Broadway-Buena Vista St. Bridge (CHL 655)
Juan Bautista de Anza
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Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra known more simply as "Juan Bautista de Anza" was a Spanish expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish
Portolá expedition
…most notable discovery was San Francisco Bay, but nearly every stop along the route was a first. It is also important in that it, along with the later de Anza expedition, established the overland route north to San Francisco which became the Camino Real. That route was integral to the settlement of Alta California by…
Portrait by Fray Orcí, 1774
Equestrian statue of Anza at Lake Merced, San Francisco, California
Juan Bautista de Anza, from a portrait in oil by Fray Orsi in 1774
Portrait by Gerald Cassidy