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    Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548–1624) was a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him to New Spain, the Baja California...
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  • Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Sebastián Vizcaíno) is a prominent bay along the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern...
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  • originally Cayo Vizcaíno, an island in Florida, USA Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay, a natural feature of Baja California Peninsula, Mexico Vizcaíno, Baja California...
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    Cabrillo was the first explorer to navigate the coastlines, whereas Sebastián Vizcaíno explored inland, in what is now the biosphere reserve in 1596 on behalf...
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    Sebastián Vizcaíno mapped the coastline in detail and gave new names to many features. Martín de Aguilar, lost from the expedition led by Sebastián Vizcaíno...
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  • for England as Nova Albion, or New Albion. In 1602, the Spaniard Sebastián Vizcaíno explored California's coastline on behalf of New Spain He named San...
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    sharing information about their expeditions— in fact, maps produced by Sebastián Vizcaíno, the leader of the expedition that brought Fray Antonio De La Ascension...
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    de Ulloa, Hernando de Alarcón, Captain Francisco de Lucenilla, and Sebastián Vizcaíno document its earliest record. Juan de Oñate reached the gulf overland...
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  • to send an embassy to Japan in the person of the famous explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno. The viceroy confiscated the San Buena Ventura however, fearful that...
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  • Laynez, 1512–1565. The city of San Diego was named for the flagship of Sebastián Vizcaíno (1602), which was itself named for Didacus of Alcalá (d. 1463). The...
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  • English Crown as Nova Albion, or New Albion. In 1602, the Spaniard Sebastián Vizcaíno explored California's coastline on behalf of New Spain from San Diego...
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    the Nahuatl annalist Chimalpahin, relates Vizcaíno was seriously wounded in the fight: "Señor Sebastián Vizcaíno is also still coming slowly, coming hurt;...
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  • includes among others, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, Pánfilo de Narváez, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Gaspar de Portolà, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés...
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    Sebastián Vizcaíno expedition drew fresh water after entering the bay on December 3, 1602. On December 17, 1602 the Carmelite friars of the Vizcaíno expedition...
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    another Spanish explorer, Sebastián Vizcaíno, made landfall some ten miles from the present Mission site. Under Vizcaíno's command the San Diego, Santo...
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    Saint Peter Martyr. The present name for the bay was given in 1602 by Sebastián Vizcaíno, who had been tasked by the Spanish government to complete a detailed...
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    send an embassy to Japan in the person of the famous explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno. Vizcaino also had a mission to return the 4,000 ducados and to research...
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  • the commander of the ship Tres Reyes in an expedition led by Sebastián Vizcaíno. Vizcaíno set out from Mexico in 1602 in search of usable harbors and the...
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    separates the estuary from what early Spanish explorers, including Sebastián Vizcaíno, called the Bahía de San Bernabé (Bay of Saint Burnaby), now known...
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    residential zone Mexican Federal Highway 1 Mexican Federal Highway 19 Sebastián Vizcaíno "Poblacion Por Municipio, Superficie, Densidad De Poblacion" (PDF)...
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    to the endeavour: the friar Luis Sotelo, and the Spanish captain Sebastián Vizcaíno. These efforts were seen with disapproval by the Spanish government...
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    own handwriting. Of especial note is a clock presented to Ieyasu by Sebastián Vizcaíno on behalf of Philip II of Spain in 1611. Rōmon Drum Tower Museum Kagura...
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    after San Clemente Island, which in turn was named by the explorer Sebastián Vizcaino in 1602 after Saint Clement. Hanson envisioned it as a Mediterranean-style...
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    Miguel". In November 1602, Sebastián Vizcaíno was sent to map the California coast. Arriving on his flagship San Diego, Vizcaíno surveyed the harbor and...
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    Sebastián Vizcaíno mapped the coastline in detail and gave new names to many features. Martín de Aguilar, lost from the expedition led by Sebastián Vizcaíno...
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    The state is divided into five regions: Central Desert, La Serranía, the Vizcaíno Desert, the Magdalena Plains and Los Cabos. The Central Desert has desert...
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    make any notes about the inhabitants. In 1602 the Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno visited San Nicolas and gave it its current name. Little is known...
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    described in reports by earlier explorers Juan Cabrillo and Sebastián Vizcaíno. Vizcaíno had mapped the California coastline as far north as Monterey...
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    in 1602, explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno reached and named the area that is now Monterey in December of that year. Despite Vizcaíno's positive reports, nothing...
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    due to the fog that characterizes the area. The Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno named the land Punto de los Reyes ("Kings' Point") when his ship,...
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