While many associate Sir Francis Drake with the first exploration of the California coastline, Juan Cabrillo actually led an expedition here decades earlier. What did he find and what did he hear that raised speculation that he may not have been the first European in the region?
Cabrillo Image: By Unknown author - Unknown source, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=318568 M
More info on Juan Cabrillo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Cabrillo
Read a Relation to the Voyage of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-001.pdf
