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Lerida, Spain: Instituto de Estudios Ilerdenses, 1983. 404 Pages. Illustration. $42.97. Gaspar de Portola is one of the almost lost figures of early California history. Commander of the expeditions which founded San Diego and Monterey in 1769-1770, he is seldom granted the position of a major founding father of European California.
Nacque a Os de Balaguer, provincia di Lleida, in Catalogna, da una famiglia nobile. Don Gaspar de Portolà combatté nell'esercito spagnolo in Italia e Portogallo e divenne luogotenente nel 1743, Governatore della Bassa e Alta California dal 1767 al 1770, fondatore delle città di San Diego e Monterey ( California ).
Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira ( Catalan: Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira; January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias. His expedition laid the foundations of important Californian cities like San Diego and ...
Gaspar de Portolà was born in the province of Lleida, in Spain, in 1716. Don Gaspar served as a soldier in the Spanish army in Italy and Portugal. He moved to New Spain where he received several promotions. Don Denevi, the author of Junipero Serra (1985), argues that Portolà was a "pleasant, genial man". King Carlos III became very concerned ...
Jun 8, 2022 · As a follow-up to the article I recently wrote about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's exploration of California by sea in 1542, a few readers suggested I cover Gaspar de Portola's land exploration of ...
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Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira. Portolá y Rovira, Gaspar de. Balaguer (Lérida), 1717 – Lérida, 10.X.1786. Gobernador de las Californias, comandante del puerto de San Blas y gobernador de Puebla. De ascendencia noble, nació en el seno de una familia que había recibido título nobiliario en los últimos años del siglo XVII.
