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Monterey County Historical Landmark NO. 128 LANDING PLACE OF SEBASTIAN VIZCAINO AND FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA - Having entered the harbor the previous evening with his three small vessels, Sebastian Vizcaino landed here on December 17, 1602. Mass was sung by three Carmelite friars and the country taken in the name of the King of Spain. On the same spot, Fray Junipero Serra landed from the San Antonio on June 3, 1770 to join Captain Gaspar de Portola and Fray Juan Crespi, who had arrived from San Diego overland a week before, in founding the Mission San Carlos de Borromeo de Monterey and the Presidio of Monterey.
Location: Monterey State Historic Park, |
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