Hernán Cortés is now considered the discoverer of the Baja California peninsula, although the first European to land there was Fortún Jiménez (who thought it was an island). Cortés undertook in 1529, while in Spain, to send soldiers to discover islands and territories in the South Sea where his main aim was to find a link between the Pacific and the Atlantic in addition to land and the more than possible and coveted precious metals such as gold. Embarked on the ship San Lázaro, Cortés arrived at Bahía de la Santa Cruz on 3 May 1535, a territory now known as La Paz, located in Baja California del Sur, where Fortún Jiménez died. There he established a colony with materials and soldiers from Sinaloa where, due to bad weather, only one of the ships in charge of transporting supplies appeared. The supply problem was considerable and the discoverer returned to New Spain to supply the region, leaving the province under the command of Francisco de Ulloa. However, in the face of general discontent and unrest, the viceroy ordered the settlers to return to the same destination to which Cortés had gone.
Collection: Images
Project: 0. What is Europe? The European Spaces in the history of Europe., 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.
Chronology: XVI
Scope: Secondary Education
Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/20815
Resource type: Image
Format: Map
Source: Pares. Portal de Archivos Españoles
Language: Spanish
Date: 1535
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: Archivo General de Indias (AGI), MP-MEXICO, 6
Copyright: Pares. Portal de Archivos Españoles.
Abstract: Map of the New Land of Santa Cruz, at the southern tip of California, discovered by Hernán Cortés in 1535.
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