Started: March 18
Finished: March 19
Notes: This past Summer I visited San Diego for the first time, and being unfamiliar with any of the area's local history, while I was visiting the Cabrillo National Monument Visitor Center I decided I should check out a few pamphlets and books on that local history. This is one such book.
Mini review: This book is a bit basic, but it's not meant to be an exhaustive look at the events concerning the exploration of the coast of southern California and region. Though it's not overly long, barely half this book, there is an English translation of the actual account of Cabrillo's journey, though this account was most likely not written by Cabrillo himself, at least not in its entirety, but by one of the men aboard his sailing vessels. This book might open some eyes to history of the region in the 16th Century, as it did for me.
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