angel visit #3

juan rodriguez cabrillo died January 3, 1543. he was the first european to explore present-day california. he benefited from the encomienda system that enslaved the native peoples of the americas. in honduras, he broke up families, sending the men to the mines for gold. the women and girls he gave over to his soldiers and sailors, presumably as slaves. many monuments were built honoring this angel of greed. he died a painful death of gangrene.