Facts: - profession: soldier californias , explorer , and military governor of las - death place: mexico city - successor: fernando rivera y moncada jose antonio romeu - death date: 1794 - predecessor: gaspar de portola felipe de neve - office: governor of alta california 2nd governor of las californias - spouse: eulalia callis - term end: 1774 april 16 , 1791 - term start: july 9 , 1770 july 12 , 1782 - birth date: 1734 - name: pere fages - nationality: spanish - image: pedro_fages . jpg - birth place: guissona , lleida province , catalonia , spain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pedro fages .
pere fages -lrb- 1734 -- 1794 -rrb- , nicknamed '' l'Os '' -lrb- the bear -rrb- , was a spanish soldier , explorer , second lieutenant governor of las californias province of new spain from 1770 to 1774 , and second governor of las californias province from 1782 to 1791 .