Who was Father Juan Crespí?
Q: Who was Father Juan Crespí?
A: Father Juan Crespí was a Spanish priest who explored what is now the state of California.
Q: When did Father Juan Crespí enter the Franciscan order?
A: Father Juan Crespí entered the Franciscan order at the age of seventeen.
Q: When did Father Juan Crespí come to America?
A: Father Juan Crespí came to America in 1749.
Q: Who did Father Juan Crespí join in exploring?
A: Father Juan Crespí joined Francisco Palóu and Junípero Serra in exploring.
Q: What was the Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó and when was Father Juan Crespí placed in charge of it?
A: The Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó was a mission in the Baja Peninsula, and Father Juan Crespí was placed in charge of it in 1767.
Q: Who did Father Juan Crespí travel with on the Portola expedition in 1769, and what did he do?
A: Father Juan Crespí traveled with Gaspar de Portolà on the Portola expedition in 1769, and he wrote about Franciscan friars meeting with people who already lived there.
Q: What did Father Juan Crespí's diaries provide?
A: Father Juan Crespí's diaries provided valuable records of the expeditions he went on, and they were first published in H. E. Bolton's Fray Juan Crespi (1927, repr. 1971).
