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Nov 24, 2009 · Early History. Before the Spaniards arrived, the peninsula of Baja California was inhabited by three major ethnic groups: the Cochimí in the north, the Guaycura in the central section and the...
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Prehistory and Spanish colonial era. The first people came to the peninsula at least 11,000 years ago. At that time, two main native groups are thought to have been present on the peninsula – the Cochimí in the south, and several groups belonging to the Yuman language family in the north, including the Kiliwa, Paipai, Kumeyaay, Cocopa, and Quechan.
Oct 26, 2024 · Humans first moved into Baja California from the north perhaps 9,000 or 10,000 years ago, when the climate was more humid and huge Pleistocene mammals roamed the area. When the Spaniards landed in 1533, they found what were among the most primitive cultures in the Americas.
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Europeans’ contact with California began in the mid 1530s when Cortez's men ventured to Baja California. Not until 1542 did Spaniards sail north to Alta California, and Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's expedition that year made landings as far north as modern Santa Barbara.
The geographic space known today as the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur has passed through a long historical sequence which can be grouped into five main periods: ancient history or prehistory (discussed elsewhere), the period of explorations and initial contact (1533-1685), the mission period (1697-1822), the ranch ...
Dec 30, 2021 · In 1539, Captain Francisco de Ulloa explored the entire length of the Sea of Cortes, and made the discovery that Baja was actually a peninsula, a fact that was not realized by the Spaniards until that historic voyage.
The earliest Californians were adventurous Asians who made their way across the Bering Straits to Alaska thousands of years ago when a warmer climate and a now-vanished land bridge made such travel easier.
