914 E. L. Berthoud—Sir Francis Drake's Anchorage. 
many feet above the present Pacific level; and that these con- 
vulsions are still far from dormant is yearly witnessed by earth- 
quake shocks, a state of high internal tension which might 
obliterate that magnificent bay. 
Consulting the account of Admiral Viscaino’s survey of the 
coast of California as given in Father Venegas’s History of Cali- 
fornia : * 
The Capitana and tender had no sooner left the harbor of Monterey 
than they had a favorable wind, which, lasting till the twelfth day, car- 
ried them beyond port St Francisco. But the day after, which was the 
7th January, the wind shifted to the northwest, but blowing an easy gale, 
still made some way, and the tender, concluding there was no necessity 
for standing in for the shore, continued her voyage. The Capitana, think- 
ing they were in company, did not shew any light, by which means in 
the morning they had no sight of each other, and the general ( Viscaino) 
in the Capitana returned to port San Fraucisco to wait for the tender. 
Another reason which induced the Capitana to put into Puerto 
Francisco was to take a survey of it and see if anything was to be found 
of the San Augustin, which in the year 1595 had, by order of his majesty 
and the viceroy, been sent from the Philippines by the governor to survey 
the coast of California under the direction of Sebastian Rodriguez Cer- 
menon,-a pilot of known abilities, but was driven ashore in this harbor 
by the violence of the wind. Among others on board the San Augustin 
was the pilot Francisco Volanas, who was also chief pilot of this squadron 
(Viscaino’s). . . . And the general was desirous of putting in here to 
see if there remained any vestiges of the ship and cargo. 
The Capitana came to an anchor behind a point of land called la 
Punta de los Reys. 
We consider that this quotation most signally proves that port 
San Francisco was what is now known as Drakes bay, and that 
Sebastian Viscaino anchored at the northwestern corner, under 
Punta de los Reyes; and if we accept Acosta’s map as published 
previous to 1580, then it would appear that port San Francisco 
is a name given to it by the Spaniards, and in no manner con- 
nected with Sir Francis Drake’s anchorage or the subsequent 
dubbing of San Francisco bay as the bay of Sir Francis Drake. 
* Venegas’s History of California, pp. 288, 289, ed. 1757. 
