Cabrillo, (sculpture).

Cabrillo, (sculpture).

Bree, Alvaro de, 1903-1962, sculptor.

Almeida, Charters, sculptor.

Quintana Art, contractor.

Cabrillo, (sculpture).

Original 1939. Replica cast 1988. Replica installed Feb. 1988.

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Stone or concrete.

Sculpture: colossal; Base: approx. 41 1/2 x 40 x 40 in.

Alvara De Bree 1939 (symbol) (Lower middle back:) Descobrid Oa Da California 1542/Laoa Rodrigues Cabrillo/Rodrigues Cabrillo

A full-length portrait of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo stands clad in 16th century Noble attire, cloak, breast-plate, sword of family tree, and high boots. He holds a drafting tool for measuring map points. There is also a folded graph is his proper right hand.

Portrait male -- Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez -- Full length

Ethnic -- Portuguese

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Dress -- Historic -- Sixteenth Century Dress

Object -- Art Tool

Object -- Written Matter -- Map

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Diego

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Located Cabrillo National Monument, 1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive, San Diego, California 92106

The sculpture is a recast of an original sculpture (by Alvaro de Bree) commissioned by the government of Portugal for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The original limestone sculpture was shipped to San Diego, put in storage, repaired and erected Dec. 19, 1940 on the US Naval Training Center. On Sept. 28, 1949, the limestone statue was rededicated at Cabrillo National Monument; and in 1966, it was moved to the current site of the replica and installed on a new base. In 1983, funding was approved for restoration of the original badly deteriorated sculpture. In 1985, Charters Almeida and Quintana Art recut and cast the replica. The new replacement sculpture was dedicated Feb. 28, 1988; the original has been given to Lisbon.

Text on nearby plaque reads: MAO/NAVE GADOR/PORTUGUES/JAOO RODRIGUES CABRILLO 1542/HOMENA-GEN/OA FMARINHA D'GUERRA PORTUGUESA/TO THE PORTUGUESE NAVIGATOR JAAO RODRIGUES CABRILLO A TRIBUTE FROM THE PORTUGESE NAVY N.R.P. DIOGO CAO N.R.P. CORTE/APRIL 1957 A.D. HOMENAGEM DE MARINHA DE GUERRA PORTUGUESA AO NAVEGADOR PORTUGUES POR OCASIAO DA REDEDICACAO DE ESTATUA EM SUA HONCA NRP J0AO COUTINHO/A TRIBUTE FROM THE PORTUGUESE NAVY TO THE PORTUGUESE NAVIGATOR ON THE OCCASION OF THE REDEDICATION OF THE STATUE IN HIS HONOR.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

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