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Juan Bautista de Anza (DesertUSA) - English
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Juan Bautista de Anza was the first European to establish an overland route from Mexico, through the Sonoran Desert, to the Pacific coast of California. New World Spanish explorers had been seeking such a route through the Desert Southwest for more than two centuries.

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Discoverers Web: Juan Bautista de Anza - English
URL: http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/anza.html

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1774: Finds an overland route from Tubac, Sonora, Mexico to Monterey, California 1775-1776: Leads a group of 300 colonists from Mexico to California.

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