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Francisco de Ulloa, Mexican History, Biographies

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Francisco de Ulloa[frAnthEs´kO thA OOlyO´A] Pronunciation Key, d. c.1540, Spanish explorer in Mexico. Against the orders of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, HernAn CortEs sent Ulloa to explore the Gulf of California. In 1538–39 he sailed to the head of the gulf, thus proving that lower California was a peninsula.



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