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Photographer’s Note

Spanish explorer Juan Rodríquez Cabrillo is credited as the first Euro-American to see the bay on November 17, 1542, which he named La Bahia de los Pinos (Bay of Pines). Sixty years later, in December 1602, Sebastián Vizcaíno became the first European to set foot on the shores of the bay which he officially renamed "Monte Rey Bay", in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain who had ordered his expedition. Under a large oak tree overlooking the bay, near what is now Artillery and Pacific Streets, he and his crew of 200 celebrated mass in honor of their safe journey

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xuaxo (5917) 2007-10-25 11:11

Hi Thierry,
The big amount of sea is a very nice foreground for the coast and houses in background.
The note is interesting, but I'd suggest a correction of the first phrase: "Spanish explorer Juan Rodríquez Cabrillo" should be "Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho".
If you want, see my photo and note Cabrilho/ Cabrillo N.Monument, San Diego. See also a statue of Cabrilho in Montalegre (Portugal), his hometown: Cabrilho, the Navigator.
Regards,
F.