Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 43.894 W 117° 09.142
11S E 485723 N 3621539
Located on the facade of San Diego's Museum of Man in Balboa Park.
Waymark Code: WMR6NV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2016
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This life-sized statue depicts explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo as a very young man, with long hair, standing and wearing a cape with breastplates and a skirt-like garment. He holds a scrolling his left hand.
The Smithsonian Inventory informs us:
Piccirilli, Attilio, 1866-1945, sculptor.
Piccirilli, Furio, 1868-1949, sculptor.
Piccirilli, Horatio, 1872-1954, sculptor.
Piccirilli, Thomas, sculptor.
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"Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; born 1499, died January 3, 1543) was a navigator and explorer, known for exploring the West Coast of North America on behalf of the Spanish Empire. Cabrillo was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of present-day California in the United States."