What is Fernando Rivera y Moncada?
{{Infobox Governor | name = Fernando Rivera y Moncada | image = File:Don Fernando Rivera y Moncada.png | imagesize = 250px | order = 2rd | office = [[List of governors of California before 1850|Governor of the Californias]] | term_start = July 9, 1770 | term_end = 1777 | lieutenant = | predecessor = [[Gaspar de Portolá]] | successor = [[Felipe de Neve]] | birth_date = c. 1725 | birth_place = near [[Compostela, Nayarit|Compostela, Mexico]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1781|07|18|1725}} | death_place = lower [[Colorado River]] | party = | spouse = | profession = [[Soldier]] and military governor | allegiance = Spain | battles = }} {{family name hatnote|Rivera|Moncada|lang=Spanish}} '''Fernando de Rivera y Moncada''' (1711{{ndash}} 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera y Moncada, Fernando}} [[Category:1711 births]] [[Category:1781 deaths]] [[Category:Governors of California]]