For the longest time, San Diego was home to the Kumeyaay people of the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico, making them the native inhabitants of this southern Californian region. As such, they established their own culture and dominance of the land long before the arrival of the first European settler, a Portuguese explorer by the name of Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo.
Cabrillo (ca.1499 – 1543) arrived in San Diego under the Spanish flag, sailing on his flagship San Salvador. He had traveled there from the port at Navidad, New Spain, and claimed the San Diego bay in the name of the Spanish Empire. At the time, he named the site San Miguel, and it remained this way for about half a century.
The next major arrival on these Californian shores was in November of 1602, when Sebastian Vizcaino (1548 1624) was sent by the crown to draw up a map of the California coast. His flagship was named the San Diego, from which the city would eventually get its name. Vizcaino made a survey of the harbor area, subsequently renaming the area to San Diego after the Spanish Catholic Saint Didacus, who was more frequently referred to as San Diego which was who Vizcainos...
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