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First Recorded Sighting

1542  FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING OF MONTEREY BAY  Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing for Spain, sights Monterey and names it "Baia de los Pinos," Bay of the Pines.

1542 

FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING 
OF MONTEREY BAY 

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator 
sailing for Spain, sights Monterey and names it 
"Baia de los Pinos," Bay of the Pines.

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