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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... DIAKY OF THE JOURNEY BY LAND MADE TO THE NORTH OF CALIFORNIA BY ORDER OF HIS EXCEL-LENCY THE MARQUES DE CROIX, VICEROY, GOV-ERNOR AND CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF NEW SPAIN, ETC., ETC.; BY INSTRUCTION OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS DON JOSEPH DE GALVEZ, OF THE COUNCIL AND COURT OF HIS MAJESTY IN THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE INDIES, INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ALL THE TRIBU-NALS, ROYAL EXCHEQUERS, AND DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE OF HIS MAJESTY IN THE SAME KINGDOM, AND INTENDANT OF THE KING'S ARMY, ETC., ETC.; PERFORMED BY THE TROOPS DETAILED FOR THIS PURPOSE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE PENINSULA OF CALIFORNIA, DON GASPAR DE PORTOLA, CAPTAIN IN THE DRAGONES DE ESPANA REGIMENT. The departure having been fixed for the 14th of July, the 1769 governor ordered out six soldiers and a corporal to explore the _, _ country for the distance of the first two days' marches. These 1 soldiers left on the morning of the 12th, and returned on the afternoon of the following day with the information that they had found a watering-place sufficient for the men and horses at a distance of six or seven leagues. Friday, July 14, 1769.--After giving water to the animals, as we knew there was none in the place where we were to sleep, we started in the afternoon and proceeded for two leagues. We dentro de una canada abundante de pastos a la que pusimos nombre de San Diego. De San Diego a la canada del mismo nombre 2 leguas. Distancia de San Diego 2 leguas. Savado 15 de Julio.--Levantamos el campo en la manana del parage dicho, y llegamos al sitio reconocido antecedentemente por los exploradores que recibio nombre de la Poza de Osuna, y tambien de San Jacome de la Marca, el primero se lo pusieron los soldados, el segundo...
In July 1769 the first Spanish land expedition to explore California set out from San Diego to march to Monterey Bay, but didn't recognize it when they stood on its shore. They kept headed north, and in early November discovered San Francisco Bay. -- Appearance and customs of the Indians. -- Locations of the expedition's campsites. -- Following the route on modern roads. -- Place names, old and new.
Gaspar de Portolà de Rovira (1716-1784) was a Spanish soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California (1767-1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. He was born in Os de Balaguer, province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, of Catalan nobility. Don Gaspar served as a soldier in the Spanish army in Italy and Portugal. The Portolá Expedition was led by Gaspar de Portolá from July 14, 1769 to January 24, 1770. It was the first recorded Spanish (and European) land entry and exploration of present day California, United States. In Portolá's era it was known as the first venture by land into the mainland upper area of the Province of Las Californias in New Spain.