Old map of the coast of California. 21 
islands between the 38° and 89° north latitude, one of which is 
called the bay of Saint Michael, the other Porto di Nueva Albion, 
which, aside from their approximation to the 88° and 88° 30’ lati- 
tude, require constructive imagination to call Bodega bay and 
the port of San Francisco. 
Professor Hale, in Winsor’s Narrative and Critical History, 
hints that it may all be the work of Dudley’s imagination. 
The map of the coast of California, derived from Father Acosta’s 
work, in Angel’s Mémoires Geographiques, curiously resembles 
Dudley’s map in several respects. Bahia de Pinos can be taken 
to represent Monterey bay, and Cabo de San Francisco as point 
San Pedro; then follow islands that by a farther stretch of imag- 
ination can be supposed to represent the Farallones, while the 
Bahia de las Islas on the same lines represents the supposed San 
Francisco bay, if such was supposed to exist in the sixteenth cen- 
tury; but is Cabo de San Francisco a name imposed on that head- 
land after or before Drake’s voyage? We hope that Professor 
Davidson will throw some light on that name in his farther 
promised collation of Viscaino’s survey; but Acosta’s map is 
of date anterior to Viscaino’s exploration. We were inclined 
first to consider the group of islands between Cabo de San Fran- 
cisco and Punta de Sardine as representing Cabrillo’s discover- 
ies, but their distance from Monterey bay and their position 
toward cape Mendocino seem to preclude this theory. 
Now, Fletcher says expressly: “ From the height of 48° [48°], 
in which wee now were, to 38° wee found the land by coasting 
along tobe but low; . . . in 38° 30’ we fell with a con- 
venient and fit harbrough, and June 17 (1579), came to anchor 
therein, where we continued until July 23d.” * 
San Francisco bay is in latitude 37° 46’ north. Bodega bay 1s 
in 38° 30’ north. It is singular, in view of what Fletcher says, 
that their anchorage was in 38° 30’; that a bay south of Drake’s 
most southern return journey should be selected as the point 
where Drake landed and took possession. Drake coasted to 58° 
latitude, near to point Reyes; he, finding no place of suitable 
anchorage or to land, returns northward again and anchors in 
Bodega bay, a most OC aeenaiene point to refit, where a few days 
after he indulges (more Anglicano) in the antics of a regs al crown- 
ing more pee the Neptunian mé snqquemade 6 of a yes set of 
* Op. cit.. ° 
29 -Nat. Grog. Maa., vou. VI, 1894, 
