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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. born in 1499, was a Portugese explorer who was noted for his exploration of the west coast of North America. He was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of present-day California and he helped found the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. He passed away on the 3rd of January, 1543, by an infection on his arm or leg. (Nobody knows for sure which one or how he broke it.)

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