CCGS Scavenger Hunt

Thursday, March 10, 2022

CCGS Scavenger Hunt Day 4: Don Gaspar de Portolá y de Rovira (cir. 1717/8 – 1786)

CCGS Scavenger Hunt Day 4: Don Gaspar de Portolá y de Rovira (cir. 1717/8 – 1786)

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This scavenger hunt focuses on the life and family of the first Military Governor of “the Californias” who served there from 1767 to 1770. The exact date of Governor Portolá’s birth is unknown, but it followed the birth of his brother Antonio on 2 October 1716 and was before his younger brother Francisco. Both Gaspar and Francisco received Confirmation on 9 June 1720 in Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain. After a long military career, Gaspar de Portolá died at 5 PM on 10 October 1786 in Lérida, Spain.

QUESTION 1: Who were Portolá’s parents?

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QUESTION 2: On what date was Ensign Portolá commissioned as a Lieutenant of dragoons and grenadiers of Numancia?

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QUESTION 3: What religious population did Captain Portolá expel from Baja California on 3 February 1768?

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QUESTION 4: On 29 May 1769, Portolá wrote in his diary “… we halted in a gully having much water and pasture and a large grove of cottonwoods.” What was the name of the mission they established there?

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QUESTION 5: What shocking experience did the Portolá party have at noon on 28 July 1769?

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QUESTION 6: Portolá traveled past the Puerto de Monterrey on 1 October 1769 and again on 27 November 1769 without recognizing it. Who was the first European explorer to discover the bay, on what date, and what did he originally name it?

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QUESTION 7: On what date in 1770 did Portolá’s land-party reach (and this time, recognize) Monterey Bay, and where did they camp while awaiting the arrival of the ship San Antonio?

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Scavenger Hunt Notes:

Scoring (Answer) 2 points – Correct answer
Scoring (URL where the answer was found) – Sliding scale:
3 points – URL of a digitized contemporary account of an event (Primary or Original source)
2 points – URL of a digitized record created later (Secondary or Derivative source)
1 point – URL of a digitized account further removed from the event (Tertiary source or Authored Work)
0 points – URL of overview, index, or similar document/webpage (a pointer to an actual source)
All players submitting the most correct answers for each quiz will be eligible for the daily prize drawing.
A player may only win one daily prize, but may still be eligible for the grand prize.
Players submitting the most correct answers (total throughout all daily quizzes) will be eligible for the grand prize drawing.
Players who submit answers after midnight on the day of a quiz will only be considered for the grand prize drawing.