MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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Sir Francis Drake
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Junipero Serra
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John Smith
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his crew entered San Diego Bay–the first Europeans to visit California. The land they named “Alta California” was occupied by diverse groups of native people who had inhabited the land for thousands of years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Application of the name Hernán Cortés is often credited with being the first to apply the name California to the Baja Peninsula, but researchers believe it was more likely one of the men he assigned to do some advance exploration of the South Sea.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is thought that Cabrillo embarked from the Mexican port of Navidad in June 1542, explored most of the coast of what is now the state of California, entered San Diego and Monterey bays, and landed on several of the islands near the California coast.