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Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548–1624) was a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him to New Spain, the Baja California peninsula, the California coast and Asia. Early career [ edit ]
Sebastian Vizcaíno left Mexico City on March 7, 1602, and arrived in Acapulco on the 19th. His expedition sailed on May 5, 1602 with four vessels, described as two ships (the San Diego and Santo Tomás ), a frigate (the Tres Reyes ), and a long boat.
In San Diego: History. …de Henares in 1602 by Sebastián Vizcaíno. Gaspar de Portolá founded a presidio (military post) there on July 16, 1769, and, on the same day, Father Junípero Serra dedicated the first of the California missions (restored 1931).
Sebastián Vizcaíno (sāvästyän´ vēthkäē´nō), c.1550–c.1628, Spanish explorer and merchant. After an unsuccessful attempt to plant a colony in Lower California (1596), he sailed (1602) to explore the California coast, where he discovered and named Monterey Bay.
Sebastián Vizcaíno ( b. 1548; d. 1623), Spanish explorer and cartographer of the Californias. A native of Estremadura, Vizcaíno was a cavalry commander in the invasion of Portugal in 1580.
Nov 29, 2022 · Sebastián Vizcaíno was the first European to arrive at the Bay of Monterrey (Mexico), in which he founded the port of the same name. Vizcaíno sailed in 1602 from Acapulco to Cape Mendocino to...
Sebastián Vizcaíno (Extremadura o Huelva, 1547 o 1548 — Ciudad de México, 1627) fue un comerciante, militar, explorador y diplomático español que es recordado por haber realizado un viaje para cartografiar las costas del océano Pacífico de la actual California y haber sido el primer embajador de España en Japón.
Mar 28, 2021 · It was a beautiful sunny day in San Diego, on November 10, 1602, as Spanish explorer and invader Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548 – 1624) sailed through the waves into the gorgeous bay.
Sebastian Vizcaíno’s Exploration of Monterey in 1602-1603. by Gary S. Breschini, Ph.D. The account of Vizcaíno’s coastal expedition is related in Coastal Navigation and Exploration of the Monterey Bay Area. This account details his exploration only of the Monterey area.
Sebastián Vizcaíno (1550?-1615) was an established merchant in the trade between Mexico and Asia when he gained the royal license to explore and settle the Gulf of California. In 1596, he led an expedition to establish a colony at La Paz and explore the inner coast of the Gulf.
