The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San FranciscoEldredge, Zoeth Skinner
History
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco
Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner
California -- History; California -- History -- To 1846; Portolá's Expedition, Calif., 1769-1770; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
[Footnote 42: This is a summary of the document. A full translation would be too
tedious for a work of this kind.]
[Footnote 43: On the Tres Marias Islands.]
[Footnote 44: Don Pedro Fages. Commandante of California, who had been recalled.]
[Footnote 45: Bancroft. Hist. of Cal., says Ayala sailed from Monterey, July
24th. That was to make the sailing fit the Bancroft theories.]
[Footnote 46: Braza--Fathom: Six feet.]
[Footnote 47: Ayala anchored inside Port Point--the Presidio anchorage.]
[Footnote 48: Richardson's Bay.]
[Footnote 49: Angel Island.]
[Footnote 50: Alcatraz--Pelican]
[Footnote 51: The Southern portion of the bay.]
[Footnote 52: Pt. San Pedro.]
[Footnote 53: That is: Pt. Almejas or Pt. San Pedro.]
[Footnote 54: Barranca: The dictionary definition is a ravine or gulch, but it
also means a high bluff or cliff and in that sense is used by these
explorers.]
[Footnote 55: i. e.: from Pt. Almejas.]
[Footnote 56: Cliff Rouse Rocks.]
[Footnote 57: Punta del Angel de la Guarda--Point Lobos.]
[Footnote 58: Seal Rocks.]
[Footnote 59: Bakers Beach.]
[Footnote 60: Lobos Creek.]
[Footnote 61: i. e.: Inside of Point San Jose--Fort Point.]
[Footnote 62: Tamalpais]
[Footnote 63: Point Bonita. The present name was given it in 1776.]
[Footnote 64: Golden Gate Strait.]
[Footnote 65: i. e.: The outer harbor; outside of the Golden Gate.]
[Footnote 66: Lime Point.]
[Footnote 67: Angel Island.]
[Footnote 68: The Presidio anchorage.]
[Footnote 69: This is the body of water between Pt. San Pedro, Pt. San Pablo, Pt.
Richmond and Tiburon Peninsula. The high farallon is Red Rock.]
[Footnote 70: The rocks are The Sisters and The Brothers.]
[Footnote 71: San Pablo Bay.]
[Footnote 72: Napa Slough. The marsh was evidently under water, and island number
one, with Mare Island, made one long island.]
[Footnote 73: Codo--1 1/2 feet.]
[Footnote 74: Mare Island. The division of the hills or canon is Carquines
Strait.]
[Footnote 75: Carquines Straits.]
[Footnote 76: The Assumption of the Virgin--August 15th. It is Southampton bay.]
[Footnote 77: That is, from Puerto de la Asumpta.]
[Footnote 78: Suisun Bay.]
[Footnote 79: The Sacramento and San Joaquin. Suisun Bay was long known as Puerto
Dulce--Freshwater Port.]
[Footnote 80: Yerba Buena or Goat Island. Canizaries marked it on the map (c) for
isla do Alcatraces, but that evidently was a mistake, as a comparison of
the entry in the Log under date of August 12, with the map will show.]
[Footnote 81: Oakland and Berkeley tide flats.]
[Footnote 82: Islais creek.]
[Footnote 83: Yerba Buena cove and Mission bay.]
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