Part of the Union. We pledge as Americans. 1850. What you accept as your own involves a storied tradition beyond our present day. California, haven and final frontier for "lost civilizations". Home to countless
triblets (Chumash,
Maidu,
Tongva) lost. Conquering expansion into new worlds; Spanish tradition set foot upon San Diego Alta California p
ortuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez
CABRILLO in 1542. A reign begun in time
coincides with Columbus' voyages. In 1492, Spain was a affluent power nation which waged religious war with Mauritania, in an 800 year old indifference. The unfortunate evolution pit Mohammed against a Christian son. The last battle was fought in Granada against Muslim ruler
Boabdil. The outcome set into motion years of exploration and across the Atlantic ocean. Island Hispanola, Caribbean seas and by 1519, confronted with a prosperous civilization on the Mexican Mainland. Boasting in a spanish concept of romance and chivalrous acts the long route into the Pacific Ocean would be an opportunity for the Monarchy to convert indigenous people. Queen
Isabela of
Castilla, Fernando of
Aragon. 7 Kingdoms of Spain in its Golden Age. Conquering foreign lands, enslaving people in the name of the church, and establishing new trade routes were noble causes. It was Hernan Cortes who discovered Mexico in 1519, executed and enslaved ancient MezoAmerica, bringing converts to church. Spaniards revered conquistadores and Romantic acts of chivalry often wrote in books by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo. His 1510 novel paved Spain literature to flourish through the 1605 classic Don Quixote.
Books were the catalyst which created the "Accepted Conquest". Methods in place to covert neophytes, or natives toward christianity.
In 1771 the 4th mission in the 21 California Mission System was established in the San Gabriel Valley. Until as late as 1834 when the Missions were secularized.
Spanish California, Mexican California, American California...
