History Unvaulted - Taking a Closer Look into the Past

Humberto's books The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area by Malcolm Margolin The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area, by Malcolm Margolin depicts the lives of the Ohlone people, who resided in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area prior to the arrival of the Europeans arrival. The book de... Monterey Bay by Lindsay Hatton Monterey Bay by Lindsay Hatton is a historical novel with a mix of real and fictional characters the setting of this book takes place California during the 1940s. It follows the story of Margot Fiske, a fifteen-year-ol...

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  Ealy Explorations of the Pacific Coast   After the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico one of Hernan Cortes’s conquistadores known as Rodriguez Cabrillo was propositioned by the Governor of Guatemala Pedro Alvarez. Antonio de Mendoza who was the first viceroy of Mexico appointed by Spanish King Carlos V developed a particular interest in the Pacific Coast, this led to Alvarez proposing Cabrillo an expedition to explore the Pacific Coast. The focus of this expedition was to focus on Asian trade (Conway, 2003). On June 27, 1542, Cabrillo embarked on his journey with three ships and about 100 men, their mission was to explore and chart the Pacific coastline and to search for the Strait of Anian (Conway, 2003). On September 28 Cabrillo and his fleet of ships anchored in Sandiego which he named San Miguel, Cabrillo took the initiative to formally establish Alta California which was separate from Baja California (Conway, 2003). In a report written by Cabrillo he claims to hav...