USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He named it El Puerto de Monterey, in honor of Count Monterey who had sent him on this journey. Vizcaíno’s report of this bay was glowing. He said that it was “sheltered from all winds” and would make a perfect harbor for the Manila galleons. In truth, the bay at Monterey offered no protection at all.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sebastián Vizcaíno (1550?-1615) was an established merchant in the trade between Mexico and Asia when he gained the royal license to explore and settle the Gulf of California. In 1596, he led an expedition to establish a colony at La Paz and explore the inner coast of the Gulf.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1642, 60 years after the Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo expeditions up the California coast from Mexico, Sebastian Vizcaino sailed north from Acapulco to explore and chart the coast in a futile search for a Northwest Passage.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1565 the Manila Galleon Trade route officially was established when Miguel López de Legazpi successfully found a route back, across the Pacific, to New Spain.

Detailed explanation-5: -It’s not a surprise that the earliest human inhabitants of the Monterey lived off the sea. The Ohlone tribe ate mussels and abalone, but they also hunted and gathered as well. The first Spanish explorer to receive credit as the first European to arrive at the bay was Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo. He visited in 1542.