The Spanish in the Southwest . sure by the sailors, for trees so near the oceanwere rare all along the coast which they were exploring. Cabrillo wished to land, but even the bay was still toorough to permit him to anchor his ships securely; so, tothe regret of all on board, the cypress-grown shores weresoon left behind. It remained for an explorer of a laterday to give the bay its present name of Monterey. Slowly Cabrillos little vessels worked their way tossed and hindered them, and the sailors sufferedmuch from the cold. Brave man as Cabrillo was, and anx-ious to obey orders and
The Spanish in the Southwest . sure by the sailors, for trees so near the oceanwere rare all along the coast which they were exploring. Cabrillo wished to land, but even the bay was still toorough to permit him to anchor his ships securely; so, tothe regret of all on board, the cypress-grown shores weresoon left behind. It remained for an explorer of a laterday to give the bay its present name of Monterey. Slowly Cabrillos little vessels worked their way tossed and hindered them, and the sailors sufferedmuch from the cold. Brave man as Cabrillo was, and anx-ious to obey orders and learn all about the coast, he finallyknew it to be wiser to abandon the voyage. He was notfar from San Francisco Bay when he gave the order toturn south; he started on his return, promising himself to 86 Discoverers and Explorers come again into these waters, and sail along the coast thatfrowned so forbiddingly at him. Cabrillo had made his last voyage. Instead of goingback to Mexico, he landed on an island off Santa Point Pinos There he planned to spend the rest of the winter and thento start north again in the spring. But on the island hedied and was buried. Even in his death he was true to the mission that theviceroy had given him, for almost his last words were tohis chief pilot, urging, commanding, him to go on withthe voyage in the spring, and to explore the coast as faras it was possible for any ship to sail. Cabiillo and Viscaino 87 Cabrillos voyage was in 1542; it was not until 1598that any effort was made to establish a colony in even thenorthern part of Mexico. It was not until 1602, sixtyyears after the voyage of Cabrillo, that another Spanishvessel sailed into the harbors which he had visited. Theman who was selected for this duty by the king of Spainwas Viscaino; he made one voyage up the coast in 1598,and another in 1602. On the first he did not go beyondLower California; the second was more important, and isthe one which we shall follow. Viscainos voy
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