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THE EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT OF CALIFORNIA We know things now that the Spaniards didn’t in 1760 And, as students (all of us), we are seekers of knowledge However, what we seek is scattered in a thousand places But, then, we have many resources We gather scattered things to make a coherent whole Setting the stage--CaliforniaThe early period ~~40,000 to 340 years BP Early hominid history N. America and Asia collided ~25 million years BP and B. Strait becomes a sometimes bridge Out of Africa ~~5 million years BP to N.A. ~40,000 BP—maybe several times The Spanish Period ~1500-1700’s Spanish slo