Juan Bautista de Anza
Basque explorer and governor (1736-1788) · Spain · Historical Figures · Died at 52
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Something wrong?Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra known more simply as "Juan Bautista de Anza" was a Spanish expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire.
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Equestrian statue of Anza at Lake Merced, San Francisco, California
Juan Bautista de Anza, from a portrait in oil by Fray Orsi in 1774
Map of the route that Juan Bautista de Anza traveled in 1775-76 from Mexico to today's San Francisco
Portrait by Gerald Cassidy
Statue by Dorr Bothwell in Riverside, California
Juan Bautista de Anza's burial site in Arizpe, Sonora
Statue of Juan Bautista de Anza at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.In their orbit
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Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra known more simply as "Juan Bautista de Anza" was a Spanish expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire. He is credited as one of the founding fathers of Spanish California and served as an official within New Spain as Governor of the province of New Mexico. Later, as governor of the Spanish colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, he put an end to the wars with the Comanche, overseeing the peace treaty of 1786.
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