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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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The most thorough current source of information on the Anza expedition can be found at the Web De Anza site. Use the maps found there to locate your area of interest, then contact a local park for more information.
The journals of Anza and Font describe the many environments the expedition passed through on the way to the San Francisco bay. These include the saguaro-filled Sonoran desert, the cottonwood/willow riparian habitat along desert rivers and streams, the cold mountain passes of the lower Sierra Mountains of California, and finally the moist and fertile grasslands of the central coastline of California.
Father Font used an astronomical quadrant on the trip to fix the group's location so that the trail could be mapped and followed by others.
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Did You Know?
Captain Juan Bautista de Anza was one of the first Spaniards to visit the Casa Grande ruins in modern day Arizona in 1775. He had his priest, Father Pedro Font, measure its dimensions with a lance, and then use an astronomical quadrant to fix its astronomical position.
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Last Updated: October 30, 2007 at 17:03 EST |