In 1602, Sebastian Vizcaino sailed from Acapulco (Mexico) to find a good port to land at when the ships that crossed the Pacific Ocean from th…

The longest journey begins with a single step … and an idea. The idea was to establish a chain of missions the length of California. And the j…

In 1602, the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino discovered a vast, beautiful harbor that he knew would be a good landing site for the Spanish in Alta…

The longest journey begins with a single step … and an idea. The idea was to establish a chain of missions the length of California. And the j…

Captain Gaspar de Portola and his explorers left the area of San Diego in July of 1769 and had been trekking up the coast of California for th…

The area along the coast that was eventually to be named Half Moon Bay had a long and interesting history. In 1769 Gaspar de Portola passed th…

In 1769, Gaspar de Portola and his expedition that started in Baja California began trekking up the California coast in search of the bay of M…

In 1769, the Spanish empire needed to secure a firmer hold on the land they claimed in Alta California (Northern California). An expedition wa…