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the fact that each one of the vessels named the islands separately, or as 

 Prof. Davidson has suggested, that Ferrelo forgot that the name of 

 San Salvador had already beeu given to an other island. With the 

 latter half of Cabrillo's voyage we need not hère concern ourselves. 

 It will sufflce to state that Ferrelo after the death of Cabrillo reached 

 as far north as Cape Mendoeino, returning frora there in haste on 

 account of distress, and after a short visit to the islands returned 

 to the port of Navidad April 2d, 1543. 



The next navigátor to visit our islands was Viscaino. Sebastian 

 Viscaino sailed froin Acapulco May 5th. 1602. Rounding Cabo San 

 Lucas he proceeded up the coast of Baja California and passiog the 

 Island of Cedros entered the bay now known as Sebastian Viscaino 

 Bay. In due time he reached San Diego in Alta California and finally 

 landed on the island of Catalina which he named Santa Cathalina. 

 Catalina was the only islaud of this group that was visited by Viscaino. 

 But Viscaino made a chart of what he found, and on this chart we find 

 all the other islands of the group named and more or less accurately 

 located. After visiting places on the coast opposite, Viscaino decided 

 to defer a visit to the other islands until his return-voyage from the 

 north. But even in this instance illness and want of food thwarted his 

 designs and he was obliged to hurry home without again visiting the 

 islands. As far as we know 167 years were to elaps before an other 

 white man was again to visit the islands. The new corners were the 

 San Franciscan Missionaries who in 1769 reached California. 



The principal authorities for this period are the missonaries 

 themselves and those who accompanied them. Thus we possess nara- 

 tives of Fray Junipero Serra, Father Boscana, Pedro Fages and espe- 

 cially Miguel Costansó, the engineer of the first expédition. Of these 

 accounts that of the latter is the most interesting as having been made 

 by a layman. Unfortunately the largest part of the narrative concerns 

 the hardships of the expédition, while comparatively little is told 

 about the Indians. 



The expédition of which Constansó was a member started in 

 two large vessels from the port of La Paz in Baja California. Already 

 in the begining of the voyage the two vessels became injured and 

 had to be repaired in the bay of San Barnabe near Cape San Lucas. 

 The „San Carlos" reached at last the port of San Diego in Alta 

 California the 29th of April 1769, 110 days out from La Paz. The 

 other Packet „San Antonio" had been more fortunate and altho' it 

 had started a month later it arrived to San Diego in 59 days, the 



