Hernando de Alarcón
Spanish conquistador (1485–1547) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Bolivian Olympic weightlifter, see Hernán Cortez (weightlifter).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cortés de Monroy and the second or maternal family name is Pizarro Altamirano.
Hernando de Alarcón (born c. 1500) was a Spanish explorer and navigator of the 16th century, noted for having led a 1540 expedition to the Colorado River Delta, during which he became one of the first Europeans to ascend the Colorado River from its mouth and became the first European to see Alta California.[1]
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Born | Hernando de Alarcón c. 1500 Trujillo, Castile |
Died | 1541 Alta California |
Nationality | Castilian |
Occupation | Conquistador |
Known for | First European to see and perhaps step in the state of California |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Spain |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Spanish conquest of Mexico |
Designated | 1957[citation needed] |
Reference no. | 568[citation needed] |
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Little is known about Alarcón's life outside of his exploits in New Spain. He was probably born in the town of Trujillo, in present-day Extremadura, Spain, in the first years of the 16th century and travelled to the Spanish colonies in the Americas as a young man.[2]