16 CHANNEL ISLANDS OF CALIFORNIA 



during the heavy southwesters of the winter season. 

 Of such there is no definite record, although, in making 

 a systematic examination of the ancient burial-places, 

 I found a remarkable assortment of European objects, 

 from large iron implements to Venetian beads and 

 bell clappers, showing that there had been a variety 

 of visitors. 



In 1598, about sixty years after the voyage of 

 Cabrillo, Philip the Third was King. He had all the 

 desire of his predecessors for conquest, and ordered 

 the Viceroy of New Spain, Caspar de Zuniga Conde 

 de Monterey, to equip an expedition, which sailed 

 from Acapulco under the command of Sebastian Viz- 

 caino, May 5, 1602. The latter was a navigator of 

 great renown, and his title was "Pilot of the waters of 

 New Spain." He had first come up the coast on a 

 search for pearls, in 1595, and landed at La Paz, 

 the great pearl station, where he built a barrack, 

 established his men, and erected a mission, as the 

 adventurers were all good Catholics, and each ship 

 invariably carried a priest, or several, who displayed 

 a devoted spirit and accomplished marvels. 



The Monterey expedition was sent out to establish 

 a refuge for ships in the Manila trade near Cape 

 Mendocino. His fleet was composed of three vessels, 

 and in his party was the cosmographer, Geronimo 

 Martin. Vizcaino sailed into what is now Avalon 

 Bay, Santa Catalina Island, the twenty-eighth of 

 November, 1602, giving the island the name from the 

 saint day of his arrival, ignoring the native name 

 "Pimugna" and the previous naming of Cabrillo. 

 The latter name, and that of San Clemente (Kinkapar) 

 have held until to-day. 



