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Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ( Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1497 [1] – January 3, 1543) was an Portuguese maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (died January 3, 1543?, off the coast of northern California) was a soldier and explorer in the service of Spain, chiefly known as the discoverer of California.
San Salvador was the flagship of explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (João Rodrigues Cabrilho in Portuguese). She was a 100-foot (30 m) full-rigged galleon with 10-foot (3.0 m) draft and capacity of 200 tons . [1]
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is best known for being the first European to successfully navigate the Pacific coast of what is today California to points north of the San Francisco Bay. During the voyage, he and his men disembarked at several points and made direct
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition that explored what is now the west coast of the United States. Cabrillo departed from the port of Navidad, Mexico on June 27, 1542. Three months later he arrived at "a very good enclosed port," which is known today as San Diego Bay.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (c.1498-1543) For half a century before 1542 Spanish explorers had been trying to do what Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, to use the Spanish form of the discoverer’s name, here accomplished.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ( b. ca. 1498; d. 3 January 1543), first European explorer to reach California. Rodríguez Cabrillo, probably born in Seville, Spain, participated in the conquest of Cuba and served in the conquest of Mexico as a crossbowman and sailor under Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) in 1519.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is often named as the “discoverer” of California. Though history shows that several other explorers (Alarcón, Díaz) were actually in California a few years earlier, Cabrillo gets credit for being the first European to explore the California coast.
Apr 19, 2024 · Learn all about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European explorer to sail to present-day San Diego, and the meanings of his 1542 expedition. Historical programs are available Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays ONLY, with two program time slots per day: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM and 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (also known under his Portuguese name João Rodrigues Cabrilho) was not just an explorer, but also an entrepreneur, soldier, master shipbuilder, miner, farmer, and owner of large estates.
