Gaspar de Portolà
Explorer and soldier in New Spain · Spain · Historical Figures · Lived 1716 to 1786 · aged 70
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Something wrong?Don Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Californias from 1767 to 1770.
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Monument to Portolá in Balaguer, Catalonia.
Map of the Portolá expedition
Portolá expedition monument in Pacifica, California honoring Portolá's first sighting of San Francisco Bay.
Monument to Portolá in Sant Esteve de la Sarga, Catalonia.
The famous Estracto de Noticias written by Portolá in 1770 is the first published account of Spanish settlements in California.
Monument to Portolá at Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona, by Catalan sculptor Lluís Montané i Mollfulleda.
Plaque honoring Gaspar de Portolá at the Castle of Pradell de Sió, his family's ancestral home in Preixens.About this person
Don Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira 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, which laid the foundations of Spanish rule in the region Californian cities like San Diego and Monterey, and bestowed names to geographic features throughout California, many of which are still in use.
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