History of California
The first inhabitants of California were Native Americans. Spaniards colonized the state. The state used to be apart of the country Mexico.
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Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claiming California for the Spanish Empire in 1542.
Map of Spain's Manila galleon trade routes, showing routes between the Spanish East Indies and Acapulco passing along the coast of California.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, established in 1770, was the headquarters of the Californian mission system from 1797 until 1833.
The colonial coat of arms of the Californias, granted by Antonio de Mendoza, the first Viceroy of New Spain.
California was often depicted as an island, due to the Baja California peninsula, from the 16th to the 18th centuries, such as in this 1650 map by cartographer Johannes Vingboons.
Junípero Serra conducting the first mass in Monterey Bay in 1770.
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