EARLY CALIFORNIA LANDFALLS. 325 



EARLY SPANISH VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY ON THE COAST OF 



CALIFORNIA. 



PROF. GEORGE DAVIDSON, A. M,, PH. D. 

 Read at the meeting of the Academy, Monday, October 18, 188S. 



The following tabulation exliibits in a condensed form 

 tlie identitication of the "landfalls" of Cabrillo and Fer- 

 relo, in their exj)lorations of the coast of California in 1542 

 and 154:3, from Cape San Lucas to latitude 42° 30'. 



During my work on the Pacific Coast of the United 

 States since the spring of 1850, I have been deeply inter- 

 ested in the discoveries and explorations of the early Span- 

 ish navigators. My special duties have made me peculiarly 

 well acquainted with the coast line, and I have thought it 

 mv duty to establish the identity of the landfalls, which I 

 believe I have clearly done. Unfortunately, the great 

 length of the paper in which I have given the details of the 

 narratives of Ulloa, Cabrillo, Ferrelo, Drake and Yizcaino, 

 and my explanations, together with a chart, precludes its 

 publication by the Academy at this time; and it has been 

 presented, in extenso, to the Superintendent of the U, S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey for publication. 



This tabulation contains the resume of the identifica- 

 tion of the sixty-eight places which Cabrillo and Ferrelo par- 

 ticularly mention. In it are shown, in parallel columns, 

 the names b}^ which Ulloa.. Drake and Yizcaino designated 

 the same localities, together with the modern names. The 

 latitudes of Cabrillo and Ferrelo were given only to a third 

 of a degree, with an occasional qualification of "a little 

 more," or " a little less," while the large and nearly constant 

 errors indicate very defective instruments. The present 

 latitudes are taken from the published charts of the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



It should be understood that the whole of the work em- 

 braced in the paper and in this condensed statement has oc- 

 cupied much of my unofiicial time during the last two years. 



