Don Pedro Fages Beleta (Catalan: Pere Fages i Beleta) (1734-1794), nicknamed "El Oso", was a soldier, explorer, and the second Spanish military Governor of New California from 1770 to 1774, and Governor of the Californias from 1782 to 1791. Fages was born in Guissona, Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. In 1767, Lieutenant Fages left Spain with the Catalan volunteers for New Spain, to serve under Domingo Elizondo in Sonora. Wikipedia
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Pedro Fages , a native of Catalonia, was promoted to lieutenant in 1767, placing him second in command of the newly formed Free Company of Catalonian volunteers at the age of 33. Fages left Cádiz, Spain, in 1767 to fight Indians in Sonora. After making www.militarymuseum.org/Fages.html