Summary Portrait of Juan Bautista de Anza seated on a rearing horse. He holds the horse's reins in his proper left hand and reaches back with his proper right hand. On his head he wears a ...

The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, established by Congress in 1990, commemorates the portion of the expedition route from Nogales, Ariz., to San Francisco.

Creating and promoting new tourist destinations in Salinas and the region is the primary initiative of the Salinas Valley Tourism and Visitors Bureau and its partners, according to the bureau.

This discovery fell under the jurisdiction of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, employed by the Spanish colonial government, who declared it for the Spanish crown and sparked further exploration by ...

In 1775-1776, Juan Bautista De Anza led some 240 men, women, and children on a 1200 mile epic journey to establish the first non-native settlement at San Francisco Bay.

In his Relación de Texcoco, Juan Bautista de Pomar (c. 1535–90) takes a political and moral stance against Spanish colonialism in Texcoco and the entire viceroyalty of New Spain. Responding to the ...