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ALARCON, HERNANDO DE

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ALARCON, HERNANDO DE , See also:Spanish navigator of the 16th See also:century, is known only in connexion with the expedition to the See also:coast of See also:California, of which he was See also:leader. He set See also:sail on the 9th of May 1540 with orders from the Spanish See also:court to await at a certain point on the coast the arrival of an expedition by See also:land under the command of Vasquez de See also:Coronado. The junction was not effected, though Alarcon reached the appointed See also:place and See also:left letters, which were afterwards found by See also:Diaz, another explorer. Alarcon was the first to determine with certainty that California was a See also:peninsula and not an See also:island, as had been supposed. He made a careful survey of the coast, ascended the Rio del Tizon or Rio de Buena Guia (See also:Colorado) for 85 Spanish m., and was thus able on his return to New See also:Spain in 1541 to construct an excellent See also:map of California. See See also:Herrera, See also:Decade VI. See also:book ix. ch. 15; vol. vi. fol. 212 of See also:Madrid edition of 1730.

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