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Spanish Expedition Claims Monterey

1770  SPANISH EXPEDITION CLAIMS MONTEREY  Captain Don Gasper de Portola reaches Monterey on his second land expedition. Father Junipero Serra arrives by ship. Together, they claim Monterey...

1770 

SPANISH EXPEDITION 
CLAIMS MONTEREY 

Captain Don Gasper de Portola reaches Monterey on 
his second land expedition. Father Junipero Serra 
arrives by ship. Together, they claim Monterey for 
Spain and establish the Mission and Presidio of 
San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey.

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