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    Which explorer gave California the names of San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and Carmel, among others?

    Question #3753. Asked by tonya. (Jun 28 00 11:17 AM)


    JSBach

    		Sebastian Vizcaino around 1602.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_diego

    NOTE: See McGruff's post.

    [Note & Link added Feb. 28, 2008 by Zbeckabee]

    Jun 29 00, 12:31 PM
    me

    		Juan Cabrillo.

    http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/cabrillo/cabrillo.htm

    NOTE: See McGruff's post.

    [Note & Link added Feb. 28, 2008 by Zbeckabee]

    Nov 13 02, 1:39 AM
    McGruff

    		One hundred and three days into the journey, Cabrillo's ships entered San Diego bay. He probably landed at Ballast Point (visible from the Cabrillo NM visitor center) where he claimed the land for Spain. Cabrillo described the bay as "a closed and very good harbor," which he called San Miguel. The name San Miguel was changed to San Diego 60 years later by another explorer, Sebastian Vizcaino.
    http://www.nps.gov/cabr/juan.html


    References for Vizcaino:
    http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/vizcaino/vizcaino.htm
    http://images.allrefer.com/reference/iframe/tf-sky.html
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905/Santa-Barbara/StaBarbCoIndx.htm

    Mar 07 04, 6:58 AM

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