Juan Bautista de Anza
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Basque explorer and governor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto was an expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire. He is credited as one of the founding fathers of Spanish California and served as an official within New Spain as Governor of the province of New Mexico.
