Early Explorers Visit California

Who is remembered for producing accurate maps used by sailors for over one hundred years?

• Sebastian Vizcaino

• Hernan Cortes

• Sir Francis Drake

-----was an ideal bay for Cabrillo's fleet because it was deep enough for large boats and it protected them from violent storms

Who were Spanish soilders?

Who took advantage of the Aztec of Mexico by allowing them to mistake him for a returning god?

• Hernan Cortes

• Sebastian Vizcaino

• Juan Cabrillo

He was the English explorer who was the first person to sail around the world on his own boat.

This explorer was hired by the Russians to explore and discovered a small opening of water between Russia and present-day Alaska.

He explored many of the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii and Easter Island.

Who was the Spanish soldier that discovered California in 1542?

This explorer anchored near San Francisco, named the surrounding land, and claimed it for the English.

Who sailed the southern California coast in 1602 -1603 and named San Diego, Santa Catalina Island, the Santa Barbara Channel and Monterey Bay?