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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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The explorer who traveled up the coast of present-day California was Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. He was a Portuguese navigator who sailed for Spain in the 16th century.
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What highway runs north and south directly along the coast?
The main highway that runs along the California coast is California State Route 1, and the highway that runs along the East coast is U.S. Route 1.
Is Angel Island on the east coast or west coast?
Angel Island is located on the west coast of the United States in San Francisco Bay, California.
Where is the west coast?
The west coast typically refers to the region along the western shoreline of a continent. In the United States, the west coast corresponds to states like California, Oregon, and Washington along the Pacific Ocean.
What are the five pacific coast states?
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
Why are California's mountains and valleys parallel to the coast?
because they can't form near the coast because of the different plates
What was the name of the black explorer that traveled from the coast of Florida to the coast of California in the 1500's?
Esteban de Dorantes
How might Juan Cabrillo's explorations affect later settlements in California?
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a Portuguese explorer who traveled the west coast of North America on behalf of Spain. He was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of what we now call California.
What explorer explored the coast of California?
sir francis drake
Who was the Spanish explorer that died while searching the coast of California?
Cabrillo
Who was the first explorer explore the California coast?
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Who was the spanish explorer who died while exploring the coast of California?
it was cabeza de vaca
Who was the fist European explorer to see the coast of California?
Sir Francis Drake was the first European to see the coast of California. The land was named New Albion and claimed for England, on June 17, 1579.
During the first part of this trip, Coronado traveled alone the coast of what ocean?
During the first part of his expedition, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado traveled along the coast of the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), which is an extension of the Pacific Ocean.
Compare and contrast the discoveries of two important European explorers of California?
In 1442, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sails along the California coast. He is the first European explorer to navigate this coast. In 1769-1770, the Portola expedition sails along the coast as well as lands and explores the present-day state of California.
Where did the Portuguese explore?
Pedro Alvarez Cabral was a Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil. Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias traveled around the Cape of Good Hope and the rest of the Portuguese explorers traveled to Africa.
What was Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo best known for?
the first European explorer to navigate the coast of present day California in the United States
Where did the word 'inter-coastal' come from?
From peoples that traveled from coast to coast.
