DISCOVERIES OF CABRILLO AND VIZCAINO 17 



Vizcaino was a notable pilot and made his observa- 

 tions with such care that Humboldt says of him in his 

 "Essai sur le royayme de la Nouvelle Espagne," "No 

 pilot has ever performed his duty with such zeal." 

 After leaving Santa Catalina, Vizcaino discovered 

 Monterey Bay, which he named in honor of the Viceroy. 

 Finding that Vizcaino had been neglected, the author 

 gave his name and that of Cabrillo to a cape and a 

 mountain range, respectively, on Santa Catalina and 

 San Clemente Islands. 



Vizcaino's two voyages were well recorded in Spain. 

 The first may be found in the "Monarquia Indiana," 

 by Torquemada, Madrid, 1615; and the second, to 

 California, is described in the Appendix to the French 

 Edition of Miguel Venega's "Histoire de la Californie," 

 Paris, 1767, and in Navarrete's work. Vizcaino 

 described the islands, and referred to the natives as 

 a fine race, dressed in skins, and as having large 

 and commodious dwellings, and numerous rancherias. 

 Many of these I have located, it being very evident 

 that Santa Catalina and San Clemente, as well as the 

 other islands, supported a large and vigorous popula- 

 tion three or four centuries ago. 



He described their boats as large canoes, capable of 

 holding twenty men, and stated that they bartered 

 with the mainland — a fact I have demonstrated by 

 examination of their mounds. Vizcaino also states, 

 that the natives who lived in a town at Avalon Bay 

 showed him some damask cloth, which they said was 

 taken from the wreck of a large ship, doubtless the 

 San Augustin, which sailed, in 1595, ^^ ^ voyage of 

 discovery up the Californian coast under Cermeiion, 

 but was never heard of again. 



