The Portolá expedition was the first recorded Spanish (or any European) land entry and exploration of the present-day state of California, in 1769–1770, and paved the way for Spanish colonization of Las Californias Province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial Mexico). It was led by Gaspar de Portolá, governor of Las Californias, the Spanish colonial province (part of New Spain) that included California, Baja California and other western areas of present-day Mexico and the United States.
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