Facts about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 9 | He made a huge success of his new life and returned to Spain 1532 where he met and married Beatriz Sanchez de Ortega | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 10 | They returned to Guatemala and had two sons. He built up a profitable ship building business | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 11 | In 1541 Antonio de Mendoza, the Viceroy of New Spain selected Cabrillo to establish a trading route between Central America and the Spice Islands | | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 12 | June 24, 1542: The Cabrillo expedition sailed from the port of Navidad in Spain with three ships. Cabrillo sailed in the ship called the San Salvador (see picture of the ship above) | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 13 | He entered "uncharted waters, where no Spanish ships had been before". | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 14 | On 28 September, he landed in what is now San Diego Bay and named it "San Miguel | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 15 | He had hoped to discover a trade route connecting the North Pacific to the North Atlantic and to discover the whereabouts of the "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola" - the mythical Seven Cities of Gold | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 16 | November 23, 1542: Winter storms forced Cabrillo to turn back to San Salvador. There were skirmishes with the natives and Cabrillo fell and broke his leg | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 17 | His wound became infected and failed to heal. | |
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Fact 18 | January 3, 1543: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo died on January 3, 1543 | |
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