Redwood History Basic Data

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1. J. R. Moriarty and M. Keistman, A New Translation of the Summary Log of the Cabrillo Voyage in 1542 (San Diego, 1963), pp. 39-41; Hubert H. Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, 38 vols. (New York, 1967), 18, 69-79; Chad L. Hoopes, Lure of Humboldt Bay Region (Dubuque, 1966), p.3.

2. Moriarty & Keistman, A New Translation, p. 44.

3. Owen C. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, 1850-1875: A Study in the Colonization of California (Los Angeles, 1929), p. 18; George Davidson, "Francis Drake on the Northwest Coast of America in the Year 1579," Transactions and Proceedings of the Geographical Society of the Pacific (San Francisco, 1908), 5, Series 2, 113-133, 219-226. Davidson has identified this bay as Chetko Cove, Oregon.

4. Davidson "Discovery of Humboldt Bay," Transactions, 2, No. 1, 2-3,

5. William L. Schurz," The Manila Galleon and California," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly (1917), 21, 107-126.

6. Richard Hakluyt, The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Navigations, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation (London, 1599-1600), p. 446.

7. Coy, Humboldt Bay Region, pp. 19-20. Cape Mendocino was named for Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain from 1535-1550.

8. H. R. Wagner, Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America (San Francisco, 1929), p. 157.

9. Ibid., p. 32.

10. "Vizca&icaute;ino's Dairy," found in Herbert E. Bolton, Spanish Exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706 (New York, 1916), p. 102.

11. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, pp. 21-22.

12. Francisco Antonio Mourelle, Journal of Voyage in 1775, to Explore the Coast of America Northwest of California . . . (London, 1780), pp. 13-23.

13. Ibid.

14. Ibid.; Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, pp. 13-23.

15. Bancroft, The Works of Bancroft, 18, 242-243

16. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, p. 25; Francisco Palou, Relacion Historica de la Vida y Apostolicas Tareas de Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra (Mexico City, 1787), pp. 170-172.

17. George Vancouver, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795 (London, 1795), 2, 200, 245. Vancouver had two ships—Discovery and Chatham.

18. Bancroft, The Works of Bancroft, 18, 510-513.

19. Ibid., 2, 239-249.

20. William Shaler, "Journal of a Voyage Between China and the Northwest Coast."

21. "Solid Men of Boston in the Northwest," MS, Bancroft Collection.

22. Davidson, "Discovery of Humboldt Bay," found in Humboldt Times, Feb. 23, 1898.

23. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, p. 29.

24. W. W. Elliott, History of Humboldt County California . . . Including Biographical Sketches (San Francisco, 1881), p. 36.

25. Peter Corney, Voyages in the Northern Pacific . . . (Honolulu, 1896), pp. 78-81.