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'''Fortún Ximénez''' (died 1533) was [[Spain|Spanish]] sailor who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the coast of [[Mexico]] and is the first [[Europe]]an known to have landed in [[Baja California (peninsula)|Baja California]]. |
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Ximénez was the pilot of a ship sent by [[Hernán Cortés]] and captained by Diego de Becerra in 1533 to travel north along the coast of [[New Spain]] from present-day [[Manzanillo, Colima]], in search of two ships that had been lost without a trace on a similar voyage the previous year. The previous voyages had been in search of the "Strait of Anián" (the much-hoped-for [[Northwest Passage]]) and the [[Island of California]], named for the mythical places in the romance novel, ''[[Las sergas de Esplandián]]'' previously published in Spain and popular among the [[conquistador]]s. The fictional California was a terrestrial paradise populated only by dark-skinned women. During the voyage, Ximénez lead a revolt in the which captain was killed. The mutineers then landed near present day [[La Paz, Baja California Sur|La Paz]], on the southern tip of the [[Baja California peninsula]], which the mutineers believed to be the Island of California. |
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Ximénez was killed in a clash with the local [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Natives]]. The survivors returned to New Spain with the story of having black [[pearl]]s, which prompted further exploration of the "Island" of Santa Cruz, as Cortés named the peninsula. |
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The stories of the survivors prompted several follow-up expeditions by Cortés in the following years, which resulted in very short-lived pearl fisheries. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Francisco de Ulloa]] |
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==Sources== |
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*Caughey, John W. ''California'', second edition (Englewood: Prentice-Hall, 1953), 45-46. |
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*Chapman, Charles E. ''A History of California: The Spanish Period'' (New York: The MacMillan Co., 1921), 50-51. |
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[[Category:1533 deaths]] |
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[[Category:History of Baja California]] |
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[[Category:Explorers of North America]] |
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[[Category:Spanish explorers]] |
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[[Category:Spanish sailors]] |
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[[Category:16th-century Spanish people]] |
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