How did gaspar de portolá die

Gaspar de Portolá (Catalan: Portolà; –) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolà expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias. His expedition was responsible for founding important Californian cities like San Diego and Monterey, as well as for applying names to geographic features throughout California, many of which are still in use.

Early life

Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira, known in Catalan as Gaspar Portolà i Rovira, was born on 1 January in Os de Balaguer, in Catalonia, to a family of minor Catalan nobility.

Gaspar served as a soldier in the Spanish army in Italy and Portugal. He was commissioned ensign in , and lieutenant in

Following the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire, Portolá was tasked with removing the Jesuits from missions the Spanish missions in Baja California. He then ensured the missions were turned over to the Franciscans and later to the Dominica Gaspar de portola explorer!