why did the spanish first send a expedition to alta California in the 1500
No, the first expeditions to Alta California did not come by land only. While there were land expeditions, such as those led by explorers like Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and Sebastián Vizcaíno in the 16th and 17th centuries, maritime explorations also played a significant role. Spanish explorers primarily approached California via sea, establishing contact and mapping the coastline before land explorations ventured into the interior. Thus, both land and sea expeditions contributed to the early exploration of Alta California.
In the late 1400x
The Spanish came to California first.
When Spanish explorers arrived in North America during the 1500s, they encountered thriving indigenous civilizations. Eventually the Spanish would come to oppress and subjugate these people for their own selfish needs.
When Spanish explorers arrived in North America during the 1500s, they encountered thriving indigenous civilizations. Eventually the Spanish would come to oppress and subjugate these people for their own selfish needs.
Hernan Cortez was a Spanish explorer who came to The New World in the 1500s as one of the first conquistadors. Cortez ultimately destroyed the Aztec civilization and claimed the land for the Spanish.
When Spanish explorers arrived in North America during the 1500s, they encountered thriving indigenous civilizations. Eventually the Spanish would come to oppress and subjugate these people for their own selfish needs.
All military expeditions led by Spanish conquistadors (1529-1534) failed, but allowed them to find that California was a peninsula, and that it was lightly inhabited by nomadic tribes known as pericu, guaycura and cochimi. The "conquest" of Baja California was performed by jesuit missionaries, who slowly but steadily, began the conversion of the nomadic population between 1690 and 1767 through a network of missions, some of which stand to this day.
Actually that would be true. The Spanish did first settle California. glad i could help ;)
A conquistador is someone who takes a dick slap to the face
The Spanish.
yes