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036: The Enigmatic Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
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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 contact with the Native American inhabitants of the coast and Channel Islands.
His and his men's account of their voyage was also the first written description of the West Coast of North America and its peoples.
Episode web page: https://www.californiafrontier.net/juan-rodriguez-cabrillo/
Mentioned in this episode:
Discovering Cabrillo by Harry Kelsey
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Manage episode 417261253 series 3550919
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 contact with the Native American inhabitants of the coast and Channel Islands.
His and his men's account of their voyage was also the first written description of the West Coast of North America and its peoples.
Episode web page: https://www.californiafrontier.net/juan-rodriguez-cabrillo/
Mentioned in this episode:
Discovering Cabrillo by Harry Kelsey
Give a one-time donation
Learn more about the California Frontier Project:
Contact:
[email protected]
78 episodes
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