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Spain Army. Rank. Captain. Captain Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Californias from 1767 to 1770. Born in Catalonia into an aristocratic family, he is best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California ...
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, governor of Las Californias, the Spanish colonial province that included California, Baja California, and other parts of present-day Mexico ...
Statue of Gaspar de Portolá in Pacifica, California, near the expedition's November 1 camp. This timeline of the Portolá expedition tracks the progress during 1769 and 1770 of the first European exploration-by-land of north-western coastal areas in what became Las Californias, a province of Spanish colonial New Spain.
Gaspar de Portolá served as the first Governor of the Californias and led the famed Portolá expedition of 1769-70. In 1769, the Spanish Visitor General, José de Gálvez, planned a five part expedition, consisting of three units by sea and two by land, to start settling Alta California. Gaspar de Portolà volunteered to command the expedition.
The Spanish Landing site is a California Historical Landmark No. 891 listed on February 20, 1976. It is the site of the landing by Spanish Portolá expedition with leaders Gaspar de Portolá and Father Junípero Serra. The Spanish ships San Antonio and San Carlos (ship) landed ship's boats at the site in 1769, looking fresh water on the San ...
Portolá Trail historic plaque on rock in Elysian Park in Los Angeles, near the North Broadway-Buena Vista St. Bridge (CHL 655) Gaspar de Portolá Gaspar de Portolá 1770. The Portolá Trail Campsite or Portolá Trail Campsite No. 1 is the spot of the first Europeans to travel and camp overnight in what is now Central Los Angeles, California.
José Gaspar (also known as Gasparilla), a mythical Spanish pirate supposedly based in southwest Florida during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Robbie Gaspar (born 1981), former Australian footballer. Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo (born 1976), former Portuguese footballer known as Beto.
Juan Crespí. Cenotaph of Saint Junípero Serra in the Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Carmel-by-the-Sea (1924); Fr. Juan Crespí, who predeceased Serra, stands at the head, praying over him. Juan Crespí ( Catalan: Joan Crespí; 1 March 1721 – 1 January 1782) was a Franciscan missionary and explorer of Las Californias. [1]