1/28/2000
1/28/2000
Landmark information
- Location:
End of Rosecrans St, where the landmark plaques are in a half-circle, US Navy Sub Base, Point Loma - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
1/28/2000 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/28/2000 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 41.017, W 117 14.208
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Cabrillo Landing
Seeking the mythical Strait of Anian (The Northwest Passage) for Spain, on September 28, 1542, Iberian navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo brought his three ships to Ballast Point, the first European landing on the coast of Alta California.