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=Juan Cabrillo= Did you know Juan Cabrillo was the first European to land in California? Cabrillo was born in Europe in 1499. Juan Cabrillo traveled alot, and became a skilled military man. In 1520 he landed in Mexico with Panfilo de Narvaez. Juan Cabrillo wanted to find a route connecting the North Pacific to the North Atlantic. Antonio de Mendoza is the one who helped Juan Cabrillo with his expedition. He got orders from his leaders to find new territories and to try to find the opening of a trans-american strait. In June 27, 1542, Juan Cabrillo set sail. Juan rode the San Salvador and Capitana. He left from Acapulco and traveled 1,886.06 miles. Juan Caprillo landed in California. Look at my map to see how far he traveled. He met and made contact with the natives of this area. After this expedition Cabrillo joined other spanish voyages, he bacame a business man and leading citizen of Guatemala. This expedition was actually a failure, because it had many larger objectives. He never met Coronado, who was already returning to mexico by the time Cabrillo reached California. Cabrillo died when he stepped off his ship and fell bacause bumpy rock and broke his leg and caught gangrene, he died in 1543. Until Cabrillo traveled to the coast of California, the Spanish had no idea of the outlines of the lands they claimed to the North. My map shows the routes Cabrillo traveled to starting with Alcupalco and ending with California.