SS Ch 5 Lesson1: Exploring California
Main Ideas:
1. Explorers came to California from Spain, England, & Russia
2. Explorers came to California for different reasons.
Christopher Columbus (Italian explorer) 1492 he sailed from Spain to try to find a shorter route to India but instead he found California
European explorers were sent to spread their religion, find treasure, to claim land, and to buy silk and spices from Asia
They wanted to find the Strait of Anian - which they hoped would allow them to sail through North America to Asia
Hernando Cortes (Spanish explorer) sailed from Mexico (called New Spain) in the 1500s, looking for the Strait of Anian, landed in Baja California in 1535 & claimed it for Spain
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (Spanish explorer) sailed North from Mexico in 1542, reached San Diego bay & was 1st explorer to land in Alta California, claimed Catalina Island & San Miguel Island for Spain, met the Chumash Indians
English Explorer
Sir Francis Drake landed in California in 1579, stopped near San Francisco & claimed the area for England
1602 - Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino named San Diego & discovered Monterey Bay, drew maps of the coast
1700s Russians came to California to hunt seals and sea otters for their furs, they wanted pelts (animal furs) to make warm clothing to sell in Russia & China
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