Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
16th-century Iberian maritime explorer of North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the character from the Oregon Files novels, see Juan Cabrillo (character).
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1497[1] – January 3, 1543) was an Iberian maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire. He was the first European to explore present-day California, navigating along the coast of California in 1542–1543 on his voyage from New Spain (modern Mexico).[2]