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  1. Captain Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Californias from 1767 to 1770.

  2. Gaspar de Portolá was a Spanish military officer, the first governor of Upper California, and founder of Monterey and San Diego. The son of a noble family, Portolá entered the Spanish army in 1734. After 30 years of service in Europe, he rose to the rank of captain. In 1767 the Spanish monarchy.

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  3. Gaspar de Portolá, recién nombrado gobernador, fue el responsable de la expulsión de los misioneros de la península de Baja California la cual visitó y fue recibido por Ignacio Tirsch quienes habían establecido 14 Misiones españolas en Baja California y varias visitas en 72 años.

  4. Gaspar de Portola Charter Middle School, Academy of Integrated Arts & Technology (AIAT), and Highly Gifted Magnet (HGM) will provide all students (including students from underrepresented minorities and those with disabilities) a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum to foster maximum academic achievement and positive character development in a ...

  5. Sep 24, 2019 · To the secular leader of the expedition, Gaspar de Portolá (1723–1784), the task was to assert Spanish control of this coast, securing it against the claims of Russia. The Spanish had already established small communities in Baja or lower California, led by the Jesuit order.

  6. The Portolá expedition was a Spanish voyage of exploration in 1769–1770 that was the first recorded European exploration of the interior of the present-day California. It was led by Gaspar de Portolá, governor of Las Californias, the Spanish colonial province that included California, Baja California, and other parts of present-day Mexico ...

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  8. Portolá was the military commander of the Sacred Expedition, the first Spanish exploration by land from Baja (Lower) California to San Francisco Bay. EARLY HISTORY. Gaspar de Portolá was born in the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain into an upper-class family.

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