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| | Where California Began |
 | | In 1768 the Inspector General of Mexico, Jose de Galvez, undertook to organize five expeditions at La Paz, Lower California, three to come by sea and two by land, to settle California. |
 | | Gaspar de Portola, the first governor of California and commander of the entire colonization effort, which was called "The Sacred Expedition of 1769," rode in on June 27, and two days later the rest of his party arrived with Junipero Serra, the new Father President of the yet-unfounded mission chain. |
 | | Hippolyte de Bouchard, the Argentine pirate who sacked Monterey and Capistrano, aroused a great deal of excitement here in 1818, although he failed to show up. |
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