Juan Bautista de Anza | |
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.jpg) Portrait by Fray Orcí, 1774 | |
| 55th Governor of Province of New Mexico | |
| In office 1778–1788 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Trevre |
| Succeeded by | Fernando de la Concha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto July 6 or 7, 1736 Fronteras, New Navarre, New Spain (now Sonora, Mexico) |
| Died | December 19, 1788 (aged 52) Arizpe, New Navarre, New Spain |
| Profession | Explorer and Governor of New Mexico |
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Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 6 or 7, 1736[1] – December 19, 1788) was an expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire. He is credited as one of the founding fathers of Spanish California and served as an official within New Spain as Governor of the province of New Mexico.[2]
- ^ Garate, Donald T. (2003). Juan Bautista de Anza: Basque Explorer in the New World, 1693–1740. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-87417-626-3.
- ^ Douglass, William A.; Douglass, Bilbao, J. (2005) [1975]. Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-87417-625-5. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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