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Gaspar de Portolá: Quick Facts

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Born c.1723 • Spain
Died c.1784 • Spain? • Mexico?
Founder San Diego
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco in military uniform and cap, looking slightly to the side in an undated black and white portrait.
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
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Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
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Baldomero Espartero, prince de Vergara
regent of Spain
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and colonial official
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Diego Duque de Estrada
Spanish soldier
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Juan José de Austria
prime minister of Spain
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Juan Prim
Spanish statesman
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
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Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, count de Aranda
Spanish statesman
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Leopoldo O’Donnell, duke de Tetuán
prime minister of Spain
Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Spanish military commander
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
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José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
Ramon Cabrera, detail of a lithograph
Ramón Cabrera
Spanish political leader