Fernando Rivera y Moncada

Fernando Rivera y Moncada
2rd [[Governor of the Californias]]
In office
July 9, 1770 – 1777
Preceded byGaspar de Portolá
Succeeded byFelipe de Neve
Personal details
Bornc. 1725
near Compostela, Mexico
DiedJuly 18, 1781(1781-07-18) (aged 55–56)
lower Colorado River
ProfessionSoldier and military governor
Military service
AllegianceSpain
In this article, the first or paternal family name is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Moncada.

Fernando de Rivera y Moncada (1711– 18 July 1781) was a Spanish commandant of the Californias. He was a native of Compostela, Nayarit. He served in the military at Loreto, Baja California, in 1742. He explored the Bahía de Sebastián Vizcaíno with the Jesuit Fernando Consag in 1751.

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