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= ﻿﻿Jaun Cabrillo { ?-1543}﻿ =



==Did you know Jaun Cabrillo was the first european to land in california? Cabrillo was born in the early fourteen hundreds it is unknown of the correct year. He was raised in Castile,Spain in 1475. Juan Cabrillo heard of a new world so he teamed up with Nicolas De Ovando and Diego Velazquez. He has j﻿oined other spanish miltary expeditions in mexico,guatmala, and san Salvador﻿ == ==In 1530 juan made a sucess of his life by becoming a leading citizen of santiago.He later travelled home to spain where he met and married Beatriz Sanchez de Ortega. Juan and Beatriz later returned to guatemala and had two sons there names where unknown because he wanted them to remain annoymous. Cabrillo and his team traveled to the west indies to get ready for their journey. They had great ships one of them was name the La Victoria. == ==He was a portguese explorer.His exploration of the west coast for north america cabrillo voyage of spain followed 1539 of fransico de vlloa. june 27 1542 cabrillo went to navidad (now acapulco) in new spain.On september 28th 1542 He landed on what is now san diego and gave it the name.Cabrillo had a limited education due to personal problems.There was a winter storm that forced him to go back to san salvador and while traveling he fell and broke his leg. His leg nevered //healed so he died on january 3rd 1543.//== ==//Cabrillo was buried on the island of california.No one has ever found Cabrillos gravesite. They arent sure which offshore island he is buried on.Some think he is buried on San Miguel island. One scholar argues that Cabrillo was not laid to rest on any of the northern channel islands.Cabrillo have a national monument in 1913 Jaun Rodrigues cabrillo for his voyage of discovery. //==

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