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Spanish explorers
They wanted to claim land for themselves.
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Which European explorers visited California and where did they come from?
The Spanish explorers first reached California in 1542, led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. They landed in what is now San Diego.
Spanish explorers gave California its name. The name California comes from a mythical island in a 1510 Spanish book.
1835
By many of the Spanish explorers the Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish and the Spanish were the first explorers to come to the New World
The explorers for California were Spanish-missionaries, fur trappers, Mexican settlers/ land grants, John Sutter, John C. , gold miners.
The Spanish in 1540.
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The Spanish explorers spoke Spanish.
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Spanish explorers came to California thinking it was part of Mexico. They named it California after a song. In the song there is an imaginary island. The is called "Las Sergas de Esplandian."