BID Number
17313
Occupation
1635: ACAPULCO/NAVAL CAPT.
1636 Sep 17: ACAPULCO/(NONE)
1637: EN ROUTE TO SPAIN/(CAPTURED BY DUTCH PIRATES)
1640: MADRID/ADMIRAL, DON (GRANTED LICENCE)
1643 Jun: CADIZ/ADMIRAL (LEFT FOR MEXICO)
1643 Aug: VERA CRUZ/ADMIRAL (ARRIVED)
1643 - 1648: SINALOA/(CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS)
1648: CALIFORNIA/(VOYAGE ALONG COAST)
1649 Apr 13: SINALOA/(SENT LETTER TO KING ABOUT VOYAGE)
Ethnicity
CRIOLLO
Notes
1636 : (SEP 17)SUBMIT REPORT TO VICEROY ON PLAN TO EXPLORE WEST COAST WITH ALONSO BOTELLO Y SERRANO. LICENCE GIVEN ON SEPT. 23, THEN ANNULLED. 1635 : AUTHORIZED TO CHART SOUTH SEA BUT SHIP WAS SEIZED. JUNE 1643 : PURPOSE WAS THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA. 1643-48 : VOYAGE WAS DELAYED DUE TO HIS ENEMIES BURNING HIS SHIPS ON APRIL 24, 1643. 1636 : (SEP 17)REMADE APPLICATION IN 1638. 1649 : (APR 13)KING REPLIED ON AUG. 6, 1650 WHICH LAST MENTION OF ISSUE IN DOCUMENTS.
Source
BOLTON (
Sources
CLAVIGERO: THE HISTORY OF LOWER CALIFORNIA (1971) BOLTON: SPANISH EXPLORATION IN THE SOUTHWEST (1963) PEREZ DE RIBAS: MY LIFE AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIONS ... ( 1968) BANCROFT: HISTORY OF THE NORTH MEXICAN STATES AND TEXAS (1884) TARAVAL: THE INDIAN UPRISING IN LOWER CALIFORNIA (1967).
Variant Spelling
CASANATE, PEDRO CASSANATE, PEDRO PORTER DE
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