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- Pedro Fages (b. 1734; d. 1794), Spanish soldier and explorer. Fages, a native of Guisona, Catalonia, joined the Barcelona-based Catalonian volunteers in 1767 and participated in the Sonora Expedition of 1767–1771 in Mexico.
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Pedro Fages (1734–1794) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, first Lieutenant Governor of the province of the Californias under Gaspar de Portolá.
Pedro Fages (b. 1734; d. 1794), Spanish soldier and explorer. Fages, a native of Guisona, Catalonia, joined the Barcelona-based Catalonian volunteers in 1767 and participated in the Sonora Expedition of 1767–1771 in Mexico.
Pedro Fages was a Spanish military commander and explorer. He played an important role in the early Spanish settlement of California. Fages served in Gaspar de Portolá ’s expedition that founded Spanish settlements at both San Diego and Monterey.
Pedro Fages (pā´ŧħrō fä´hās), fl. 1767–96, Spanish governor of Alta California (1782–91). In Mexico in 1767, he was ordered to accompany the expedition of Gaspar de Portolá, which established (1770) the mission at Monterey, where he became commandant.
Pedro Fages first came to California in 1769, arriving in San Diego Bay as part of an advance party of Gaspar de Portola's famous expedition. He became Military Governor of Alta California, 1770-1774 and 1782-1791. Fages led an expedition along the edge of the western Mojave along the northern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains looking for ...
Pedro Fages. Military Governor of Alta California, 1770-1774 and 1782-1791. Pedro Fages, a native of Catalonia, was promoted to lieutenant in 1767, placing him second in command of the newly formed Free Company of Catalonian volunteers at the age of 33.
Pedro Fages (1734–1794) was a Spanish soldier, explorer, first Lieutenant Governor of the province of the Californias under Gaspar de Portolá.
