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Discovery by Juan Cabrillo (1542)
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Cabrillo (see Cabrillo Statue) was the first European to arrive at San Diego Bay. The Spanish believed that Baja and Alta California were part of a larger island, “Isla California,” named after a legendary land in a popular Spanish 15th-century romance. California became part of the Spanish Empire for the next 279 years.
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