Juan Bautista de Anza

Juan Bautista de Anza
Portrait by Fray Orcí, 1774
55th Governor of Province of New Mexico
In office
1778–1788
Preceded byFrancisco Trevre
Succeeded byFernando de la Concha
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Born
Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto

July 6 or 7, 1736
Fronteras, New Navarre, New Spain
(now Sonora, Mexico)
DiedDecember 19, 1788 (1788-12-20) (aged 52)
Arizpe, New Navarre, New Spain
ProfessionExplorer 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link]