Historedia
Person

Juan Crespí

Events
3
Episodes
4
Years
1769–1772

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Juan Crespí, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Portolá Expedition Reaches San Francisco Bay

    1769

    Role: Chaplain and diarist of the expedition

    1. 1602–1769 · California coastline and Pacific trade routesWhy Earlier Spanish Explorers Missed the Bay

      Despite Cabrillo, Vizcaíno, and two centuries of Pacific crossings, fog at the bay's entrance had kept it hidden from Spanish navigators.

    2. November 4, 1769 · Sweeney Ridge overlooking San Francisco BaySighting of San Francisco Bay from Sweeney Ridge

      Portolá's party, still searching for Monterey, unexpectedly sighted the enormous, previously unknown San Francisco Bay from a coastal mountain ridge.

  2. Portolá Expedition Reaches Santa Monica

    1769

    Role: Expedition member who accompanied Portolá north from San Diego

    1. August 3, 1769 · Campsite near present-day Barrington and Ohio Avenues, Santa MonicaPortolá's Party Camps near Present-Day Santa Monica

      On August 3, 1769, Portolá's northbound expedition camped near present-day Barrington and Ohio Avenues, becoming the first non-indigenous group recorded in the Santa Monica area.

  3. Fages expedition to San Francisco Bay

    1772

    Role: Franciscan friar accompanying the expedition

    1. 1772 · San Francisco Bay and its eastern shore, reached overland from MontereyFages and Crespí's 1772 expedition to San Francisco Bay

      Fages set out north from Monterey again in 1772 with Father Juan Crespí, following his easier inland route toward San Francisco Bay.

Sources

  1. Gaspar de Portolá Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26
  2. Pedro Fages Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-06