What is Juan Crespi?
{{Infobox Person | name = Juan Crespí | image = Cenotafio Serra 04.JPG | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1721|3|1}} | birth_place = [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Spain]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1782|1|1|1721|3|1}} | death_place = [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel-by-the-Sea]], [[California]], [[Viceroyalty of New Spain|New Spain]] | resting_place = [[Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo]] | nationality = Spanish | occupation = Roman Catholic priest, missionary, explorer }} Father '''Juan Crespí''' (March 1, 1721 – January 1, 1782) was a Spanish [[priest]] who explored what is now the state of [[California]].<ref>{{citation|first=John R.|last=Kielbasa|title=Historic Adobes of Los Angeles County|location=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburg]]|publisher=[[Dorrance Publishing Co.]]|year=1998|isbn=0-8059-4172-X|contribution=Rancho Los Encinos|url=http://www.laokay.com/halac/RanchoLosEncinos.htm}}.<!-- Dorrance is a vanity press, but this book should nevertheless be considered a reliable source per the discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADavid_Eppstein&diff=312694727&oldid=311872021 --></ref> He entered the [[Franciscan]] order at the age of seventeen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/?state=view_author&author_id=4228 |title=BC Book World - Juan Crespi|accessdate=2007-12-03}}</ref> He came to America in 1749, and joined [[Francisco Palóu]] and [[Junípero Serra]] in exploring. In 1767 he went to the [[Baja Peninsula]] and was placed in charge of the [[Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó]]. In 1769 he joined the [[Portola expedition]] of [[Gaspar de Portolà]] and traveled by land, while Father Serra went by boat and got there 8 days later to occupy Monterey; he was the first to write about Franciscan friars meeting with people who already lived there. Later, he went through the area known today as Ventura County, in January and [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] on July 22 of that y