HERE AT POINT LOMA
HEAD ON THE AFTERNOON
OF SEPTEMBER 28 1542
JUAN RODRIGUEZ
CABRILLO
DISTINGUISHED PORTUGUESE
NAVIGATOR
IN
THE SERVICE OF SPAIN
COMMANDING THE FIAG
SHIP SAN SALVADOR MADE
HIS FIRST ALTA GALI
FORNIA LANDFALL AND
THUS DISCOVERED WHAT
IS NOW THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA
CABRILLO WITH HIS COM
PANIONS CAME ASHORE
ONPOINT LOMA AT WHAT
IS NOW BALLAST POINT
IN THIS PORT "CLOSED
AND VERY GOOD" WHICH
THEY NAMED SAN MIGUEL
CABRILLO'S CARAVELS
ASSEMBLED AT NAVIDAD
MEXICO UNDER ORDERS OF
DON ANTONIO DE MENDOZA
SAILED FROM THAT PORT
JUNE 27 1542
