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  Juan Bautista de Anza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 1736 - December 19, 1788) was a Novo-Spanish explorer for the Spanish Empire.
De Anza was buried in the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Arispe.
De Anza is also the namesake of several streets, schools, and organizations in California, including De Anza Boulevards in San Mateo, California and Cupertino, California respectively, De Anza College in Cupertino, De Anza High School in Richmond, and the De Anza Hotel in San Jose.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anza's life and exploits were of heroic proportions-he traveled hundreds of miles, opened up unknown regions, established claims for country and church, subdued native populations and kept records that are still studied for the information they provide to historians.
Anza's father, who had once served as temporary governor of Sonora, as well as being Captain at Fronteras, had established a reputation for his fierce battles against the Apaches, and it was during one of the raids that he was killed.
Anza and his 34 men carried with them thirty-five loads of provisions, munitions of war, tobacco, equipage, and other things necessary for an unknown country, along with 65 head of cattle and 140 horses.[2] Their trip was successful and they were back in Tubac in May of the same year.
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 Juan Bautista De Anza -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It was in 1776 that Commander Anza led a group of almost 300 settlers, soldiers, and their families across the Sonoran and Colorado Deserts in search of a better way of life along the edge of the Spanish Empire.
Juan Bautista de Pomar (died 1590) was an historian and writer interested in pre-Columbian Aztec matters after Mexico had been conquered by Spain.
Juan Bautista Alberdi (29 August 1810-19 June 1884) was a Argentian political theorist and diplomat.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza and Cuerno Verde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
By the time de Anza was 25, he was in command of the presidio at Tubac, south of Tucson, Arizona.
De Anza determined to use a completely different route to the plains of Colorado, to sneak up on the Comanches.
De Anza mustered his force at San Juan de los Caballeros, near the junction of the Chama and Rio Grande rivers.
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 Juan Baustista De Anza
Juan Bautista de Anza is known as the first European to have planned and executed an overland journey from Mexico through the Sonoran Desert, to the Pacific coast of California.
Juan Bautista de Anza was the son of Juan Bautista de Anza (presidial captain) and Maria Rosa Bezerra Nieto of Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico.
Certainly, Juan Bautista de Anza will always be remembered for the important historical figure he is, as it is through actions like his that colonization got under way to gradually build what developed into a free America.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 1736 - December 19, 1788) was a explorer working for the Spanish empire.
He was born in, Sonora near Sonora into a military family on the northern frontier of New Spain.
(There is a myth that Anza was the founder of San Francisco.) While returning to Monterey, he located the original sites for Mission Santa Clara de Asis and the town of San José de Guadalupe, but again did not establish either settlement.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto
In 1775, the Viceroy of New Spain authorized Anza to command an expedition to occupy and settle the port of San Francisco.
In 1990, Congress acknowledged the significance of the Anza expeditions by establishing the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
De Anza was also named for several street, schools, and organizations in California, including De Anza Boulevards in San Mateo, California and Cupertino, California respectively, De Anza College in Cupertino, and the De Anza Hotel in San Jose.
www.militarymuseum.org /deAnza.html   (1163 words)

  
 WalkingBuddies.com » Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail in Arizona California
Juan Bautista de Anza, a third-generation frontier soldier of New Spain, shepherded 198 emigrants and their escorts and 1,000 head of livestock on the first overland colonizing expedition from Sonora, Mexico into Alta, or Upper, California.
Anza’s expedition and the route it established are commemorated by the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
Anza began to enlist volunteers in the large city of Culiacán, where poorer people might be likely to accept the rigors of an arduous trek to start a new life.
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 The Juan Bautista De Anza Trail
Anza and a few soldiers had the pure blood of Spain flowing in their veins, but the rest of the party descended from Spanish and Indian, Spanish and African, or pure Indian parentage.
Anza led his caravan, wet from a downpour, into the area of the Royal Presidio of Monterey – the destination of the expedition – at four o’clock in the afternoon of March 10, 1776.
Juan Bautista de Anza – After his return from the long trek, Anza served as governor of New Mexico, led new expeditions in the northern frontier, commanded campaigns against the Comanches, negotiated enduring treaties with the Comanches and other tribes, and served in command posts in Sonora.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza (DesertUSA)
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.
Born in Mexico in 1736, Anza joined the army in 1752 and served on the northern frontier of Sonora.
Anza finally discovered a route northwest, and with the remaining 25 men, emerged from the delta, crossing into the Yuha Desert west of Calexico, California, arriving at Yuha Wells on March 8.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The presidio of san francisco is a park on the northern tip of the san francisco peninsula in the city and county of san francisco....
Mexico city (spanish: ciudad de méxico) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, mexico....
Anza's various local military expeditions against hostile tribes were successful, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/juan_bautista_de_anza.htm   (1907 words)

  
 Juan Bautista de Anza Biography / Biography of Juan Bautista de Anza Main Biography
The Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza (1735-1788) opened the overland route from Mexico to California and established the first settlement at San Francisco.
Juan Bautista de Anza was born in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico, where his grandfather and father had served as commanders.
In 1738 Anza's father submitted a plan for opening a route from Sonora to California, but in 1739 the elder Anza lost his life in a campaign against the Apaches and the plan was dropped.
www.bookrags.com /biography-juan-bautista-de-anza   (561 words)

  
 National Parks - Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
--> It was in 1776 that Commander Anza led a group of almost 300 settlers, soldiers, and their families across the Sonoran and Colorado Deserts in search of a better way of life along the edge of the Spanish Empire.
Anza and the expedition's priest wrote extensive daily journals describing the many different Native American tribes they interacted with along the way.
An 80-yard long mural depicting the Anza Expedition as well as images from the local indigenous tribe adorns the walls of the flood canal along the trail as it passes by Griffith Park.
www.visi.com /~vinge/national-park-of-the-week/jaun_bautista.html   (1024 words)

  
 Discoverers Web: Juan Bautista de Anza
Grandson of Antonio de Anza (pharmacyst) and Lucia de Sassoeta of Hernani, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Juan Bautista de Anza, senior, killed by Apaches in May, 1740, with the younger Juan Bautista was not quite three years of age
Never, in Anza's day did he or any of his contemporaries ever call him "de Anza" when referring to him by surname.
www.win.tue.nl /cs/fm/engels/discovery/anza.html   (853 words)

  
 Juan Bautista de Anza Trail Guide and Audio Cd Project from Sol Ideas Technology Development
The Anza trail was voted by Congress as one of the 16 U.S. millennium trails, and is the only one on the west coast.
Apolinario Bernal, Luis Maria Peralta, Juan Salvio Pacheco, Ygnacio Soto and Barbara Espinosa, Maria Josepha Soto, and José Antonio Sanchez).
Also at la Playa de Ocoroni, Greg met a Vaquero with a saddle, spurs and reatta quite similar to those found in museums of California history that describe the Rancho days of old California.
www.solideas.com /DeAnzaProject.html   (543 words)

  
 Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail on Encyclopedia.com
JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL [Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail] see National Parks and Monuments (table).
Historic Anza Trail Opens at Rancho San Antonio County Park.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza Park Facility Rental
Applications, appropriate deposit, and insurance fee(s) for use of De Anza facilities must be submitted to the City of Calabasas, c/o Facility Reservations, 3701 Lost Hills Road, Calabasas Hills, CA 91301.
Juan Bautista de Anza park is a smoke free facility.
I further agree to be kind and courteous and realize that another party will follow mine and therefore extra attention will be placed on the clean up.
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 thebackpacker.com - trails & places - juan bautista de anza national historic trail - intro
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail on NP-Guide.com
The national trail commemorates the route followed by Anza in 1775-76 when he led a contingent of 30 soldiers and their families to found a presidio and mission on the San Francisco Bay.
The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is administered by the National Park Service in partnership with other federal, state, and local agencies, non-profit organizations, and private landowners.
www.thebackpacker.com /trails/ca/juba.php   (174 words)

  
 Santa Barbara Edhat - Juan Bautista de Anza
There are a couple of “Juan Bautista De Anza Slept Here” markers in the County, pointing out those nice campsites.
Juan Bautista, like the dedicated staffer, headed north from Santa Barbara along the 101.
And, when the journey was complete, Juan Bautista had established an overland route through California.
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 Anza, Juan Bautista de articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anza, Juan Bautista de ANZA, JUAN BAUTISTA DE [Anza, Juan Bautista de], 1735-88, Spanish explorer and official in the Southwest and the far West, reputed founder of San Francisco, b.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL [Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail] see National Parks and Monuments (table).
Look up Anza, Juan Bautista de on HighBeam Research.
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 Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail :
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, CA
This national trail commemorates the route followed by a Spanish commander, Juan Bautista de Anza, in 1775-76 when he led a contingent of 30 soldiers and their families to found a presidio and mission near the San Francisco Bay.
www.byways.org /browse/byways/2475/places/51490   (144 words)

  
 Facts about juan bautista de anza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Juan Bautista de Anza was born 1736 in Fronteras, Sonora near Arizpe, Sonora into a military family on the northern frontier of New Spain.
Anza's various local military expeditions against hostile tribes were successful, but the Yuma tribe which he had establish peace with rebelled and he fell out of favor with the miltary commander of the northern frontier, the frontier-general.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail (National Park Service)
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 Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
The rugged Gaviota Coast was the backdrop for the Anza expedition as they made their way north of present day Santa Barbara to their new home.
The old mixes with the new in the historic landscapes of eastern Alameda County, California, along the Anza Trail.
The Anza expedition crossed the Colorado River at Yuma where they were guided by the Quechan across the water and into the California desert.
usnationalparks.com /juan_bautista_de_anza_national_historic_trail.htm   (464 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, U.S. National Park System
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table).
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 Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail, California
In 1794 a thirteen-gun battery was constructed to defend the bay entrance.
Make the most of your trip to Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail with a high quality topo map.
Operating hours and fees are valid at the date of publishing and are subject to change, please contact park directly for current information.
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 AllRefer.com - Juan Bautista de Anza (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Juan Bautista de Anza[hwAn boutEs´tA dA An´sA] Pronunciation Key, 1735–88, Spanish explorer and official in the Southwest and the far West, reputed founder of San Francisco, b.
In 1776 he chose the site of San Francisco, where a presidio was founded by one of his lieutenants and a mission was founded by Father Francisco PalOu under the direction of Father JunIpero Serra.
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 Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail - Camping - US-Parks.com
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail - Camping - US-Parks.com
Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail - Camping
A variety of state parks along the Anza Trail offer year around camping.
www.us-parks.com /juan_bautista/camping.html   (144 words)

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