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Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
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Hernando de Alarcón
Spanish conquistador (1500–1541)
Hernando de Alarcón 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gulf of California
Gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Baja California peninsula and the mainland coast of Mexico
The Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortés or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea, is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland. It is bordered by the states of Baja California, Baja…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)