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Profession. Explorer and Governor of New Mexico. Signature. Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 6 or 7, 1736 [1] – December 19, 1788) was an expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire.
Jun 27, 2024 · Juan Bautista de Anza II (born July 1736, Sonora, Mexico—died December 19, 1788, Arizpe, Sonora) was a Spanish military commander and explorer who led settlers on an overland route from the Sonoran Desert to the coast of California.
May 14, 2018 · The Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza (1735-1788) opened the overland route from Mexico to California and established the first settlement at San Francisco. Juan Bautista de Anza was born in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico, where his grandfather and father had served as commanders.
Mar 28, 2020 · On March 28, 1776, Basque New-Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza was the first to reach the San Francisco Bay by land. De Anza was the first European to establish an overland route from Mexico, through the Sonoran Desert, to the Pacific coast of California.
Spanish military commander and explorer Juan Bautista de Anza traveled the first overland route from the Sonoran Desert to the coast of California. In 1775–76 Anza led a group of more than 240 people from Mexico to the San Francisco peninsula.
"Juan Bautista de Anza" published on by null. (1736–1788),soldier in New Spain who led the first overland expedition from Arizona to Alta California. Anza was born in Sonora, near the northern frontier of New Spain.
Travel diaries and letters written by Juan Bautista de Anza, Pedro Font, Francisco Garcés, and others pertaining to 18th century Spanish colonial expeditions to “Alta California.” English translations are linked to Spanish transcriptions of original manuscripts.
May 29, 2024 · The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail covers over 1200 miles through the homelands of 70+ Tribal communities. It follows the historic route of the 1775-76 Spanish colonizing expedition from Sonora, Mexico to San Francisco, CA.
Anza, Juan Bautista de. Presidio de Fronteras, Sonora (México), 1736 – Arizpe, Sonora (México), 1784. Militar, gobernador, descubridor y explorador de nuevas rutas terrestres en la frontera mexicana del norte.
Although Anza is best known for his travels to California as a young man, this book, the first comprehensive biography of Anza, shows his greater historical importance as a soldier and administrator in the history of North America.
