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    located inside the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan. Juan Ponce de León was born in the village of Santervás de Campos in the northern part of...
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    Navarra. He was the son of Juan Bautista de Anza I. It is traditionally thought that he may have been educated at the College of San Ildefonso in Mexico City...
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    / 19.20917°N 96.13139°W / 19.20917; -96.13139 San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and...
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    The San Juan Expedition took place between March and November 1780 during the American War of Independence when a British force under the command of John...
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    Francisco de Eliza named the San Juan Islands Isla y Archipiélago de San Juan in 1791 while sailing under the authority of Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla...
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    The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long that is the Salish...
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    Mission San Juan Capistrano (Spanish: Misión San Juan Capistrano) is a Spanish mission in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California. Founded November...
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    the 1791 expedition of Francisco de Eliza, who named the archipelago Isla y Archipiélago de San Juan to honor his patron sponsor, Juan Vicente de Güemes...
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    the expedition by the king. He was replaced as the fleet's joint commander by Juan de Cartagena and as cosmographer/astrologer by Andrés de San Martín...
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    Ohkwee Ówîngeh, pronounced [ʔòhkèː ʔówĩ̂ŋgè]), known by its Spanish name as San Juan Pueblo from 1589 to 2005, is a pueblo in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico...
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