Fernando Rivera y Moncada | |
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2rd [[Governor of the Californias]] | |
In office July 9, 1770 – 1777 | |
Preceded by | Gaspar de Portolá |
Succeeded by | Felipe de Neve |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1725 near Compostela, Mexico |
Died | July 18, 1781 lower Colorado River | (aged 55–56)
Profession | Soldier and military governor |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Spain |
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.