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ALARCON, HERNANDO DE , Spanish navigator of the 16th century , is known only in connexion with the expedition to the coast
California , of which he was leader
court
coast
land
California was a peninsula and not an island , as had been supposed. He made a careful survey of the coast, ascended the Rio del Tizon or Rio de Buena Guia (Colorado) for 85 Spanish m., and was thus able on his return to New Spain in 1541 to construct an excellent map of California.See Herrera, Decade VI. book
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