Gaspar de Portolà travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Gaspar de Portolà as explorer and soldier in New Spain.
Gaspar de Portolà was born at Os de Balaguer in 1716. His recorded nationality is Spain.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as explorer, military personnel and governor.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Gaspar de Portolà died in 1786, aged 70. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, military personnel and governor
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