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January 3rd, 1542- Death

Today, January 3rd, 1542, is the day that the great explorer and discoverer of San Miguel, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, has passed away. Cabrillo died from the broken leg that he had been suffering from for several days. He had a fever, and had become very ill. He died on the island that he led the ships to, south of San Miguel, where a native had caused his death. He was unable to return back to Spain from his expedition to share his discoveries himself. He was the first European explorer to discover this uncharted territory that he named San Miguel and proved the myths of the Seven Cities of Cibola to be myth. Although Cabrillo did not discover a shorter route to Asia during his expedition, his exploration and findings that he accomplished during his journey are still great. He has changed the maps dramatically with the discovery of land which will be helpful to other explorations in the future. In honor of our brave captain, we continued to search a bit. The crew members led the ship up north, far past San Miguel, into a river within the land before turning back. Cabrillo will be forever remembered as making a change in history and making discoveries that have altered our maps and ideas.

December, 1542- Islands

As Cabrillo traveled southward, away from the storms in the north. He has caught sight of a group of islands not too far south from San Miguel. Cabrillo was pleased to, once again, land his ships, as was the crew. However, the island natives were not as welcoming and friendly as the ones of San Miguel. We traded some goods with them, but they seemed displeased with us, considering us intruders. In fact, Cabrillo has gotten into a few arguments with some natives. Unfortunately today, Cabrillo got into a disagreement with some natives and a fight broke out. Cabrillo battled some natives and one of them managed cause horrible damage to Cabrillo's leg. One of the crew members diagnosed Cabrillo's injury as a horrible break. Cabrillo is in very weak and bad shape and in no condition to explore anything. He is currently being tended to, but his wound does not look good. We do not have the supplies needed to treat Cabrillo's injury, which has caused him to be very ill. Some crew members and our priest are doing the best they can to nurse and help him. We are in hopes of good health for Cabrillo. Keep checking The Journey of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo for further information on this tragedy.

This is a map showing Cabrillo's progress all leading up to the islands he discovered.

October 13th 1542- Storms

Cabrillo has been leading the ship north in search of better luck for a week now. So far he has discovered yet another bay as we travel within a decent distance of the coast of San Miguel. He is determined to continue leading the ships up north in determination of finding riches or a connection. Unfortunately however, the journey is being sidetracked by harsh weather building up through these waters. The strong winds and vicious waves are making steering and directing a difficulty. And also, the storms and water is making navigating virtually impossible. Cabrillo has experienced many points of disorientation where he is unsure where we are heading. However,after a few days of persisting on pushing through the storm until it wanes, Cabrillo has finally decided the weather is too much Because of these extreme and difficult problems, Cabrillo has reluctantly decided to turn the ship around and away from the horrible weather. He spotted some islands not so far back that he hopes will be promising and bring success. Keep checking The Journey of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo for more updates on Cabrillo's search for discovery!

This is a map of Cabrillo's progress he has reached so far in his journey.

October 6th, 1542- No Luck So Far

After several days of searching through the bay and harbors of this large outstretching of land that Cabrillo has discovered and named San Miguel, this location has failed to reveal any golden riches or connection of the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Although the natives were very generous and were able to provide fresh food, water and other supplies, Cabrillo is disappointed to find that they know of no riches or a connection to Asia. Despite their disappointing answers, we have explored almost all of these waters and lands of San Miguel and have come up with no more than the natives informed us: nothing. Cabrillo has not yet led us to the Seven Cities of Cibola, but we still have hopes. He has been discouraged by the lack of turnout from this area, so he has decided to continue to travel north through the waters along this land to see if he will find any success further up north in the seas. So Cabrillo is persisting on performing more exploration in hopes of finding riches. Although, we are beginning to believe that the Seven Cities of Cibola may not exist or be purely myth. So we will continue north for now, but keep following for more information on Cabrillo's Journey!

September 28th, 1542: Land Ho!

This is a map of the progress Cabrillo has made so far.

After one hundred and three days of treacherous waves, Cabrillo made it through and has thankfully spotted land! He has reached the ships to a bay on the coast along land stretching as far as anyone can see. Cabrillo was pleased with the land and referred to it as "very good". Cabrillo has claimed the land for Spain and named this newly found territory San Miguel and is exploring most of this uncharted coastline. So far he has proven myths about these lands to be false and allowing Spain to proceed in colonizing an expanded Spanish Empire! Cabrillo has also discovered a native people living in this land. Cabrillo has managed to make friends and traded with these people (the natives provided fresh water and other necessities!)There is much cultivation grown in this land and it is very beautiful. We are still searching in hopes of finding riches and a shorter route to Asia!

June 24th, 1542: On our way!

Today is the beginning of the expedition led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo! We set out for the seas today, June 24th 1542, from port de Navidad. Our captain, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, has had experience with working with Hernan Cortes on an exploration to the West in a place called Mexico. He is Portuguese, but is exploring for Spain and we are hopeful that Cabrillo will lead us into the wealthy cities called Cibola, which are full of gold, and a shorter route to Asia. Cabrillo was commissioned to lead this expedition by King Carlos the I of Spain. We are confident in him, as he has had some experience under the successful explorer, Cortes. Also, he has had some experience with small explorations to Guatemala and Mexico. He became a successful citizen and ship builder in Guatemala. In fact, all three of the ships that will accompany Cabrillo on his journey were built by Cabrillo, himself. Cabrillo is being accompanied by a group of sailors, soldiers, slaves, a priest, and livestock. He is sailing out on the San Salvador and have high hopes for this trip!