An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . tleopportunity to colonize the obscure pro-vinces of the remote Pacific. The declineof maritime adventure in that nation alsocontributed to the neglect of coast was visited, however, by S rFrancis Drake and other voyagers, andthe northern coasts partially buccaneers frequently touched upon it, and the neighbouringf^cean seems to have been a frequent res
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . tleopportunity to colonize the obscure pro-vinces of the remote Pacific. The declineof maritime adventure in that nation alsocontributed to the neglect of coast was visited, however, by S rFrancis Drake and other voyagers, andthe northern coasts partially buccaneers frequently touched upon it, and the neighbouringf^cean seems to have been a frequent resort for whaling , for more than a century, no settlement was attempted; and theinterior of the country remained as little known as though the coasthad never been touched by a foreign vessel. But, notwithstanding this apathy with regard to colonization, afield was opened not long after the discovery, which, exciting thatstrongest of all motives, the love of gain, soon brought numerousvisiters to the adjacent waters. This was the finding of a rich peanoyster-bed on the coast. The. pearls abound chiefly in the southernpart of the peninsula, in the Bay of Seralvo, and around the islands 15 &2. 114 CALIFORNIA. of Santa Cruz and San Jose. The most valuable pearls in tlie pos-session of the court of Spain, were found in 1615 and 1665, by theexpeditions of Juan Iturbi and Bernal de Pinadero. In 1768 and1769, a private soldier, named Juan Ocio, was enriched in a shorttime by fishing on the coast of Seralvo; but, since that period, thenumber of Californian pearls brought annually to market has beenreduced almost to nothing. The Indians and negroes who followedthe severe occupation of divers, were frequently drowned or devouredby sharks. T length, in 1769, pursuant to the kingsdirection. Admiral Don Isidro Otondoundertook the conquest of was accompanied by a number ofJesuit missionaries, under- Father Euse-bio Francisco Kino. The accounts ofthis undertaking
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