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He was identified as Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, natural de (native of) Palma de Micergilio. A town in the province of Cordoba, Spain. “Look who was on the boat!” Kramer remembers exclaiming.
Pleased to meet you, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. “He’s no longer shrouded in mystery,” said Iris Engstrand, a history professor at the University of San Diego. “He’s gone from being our ...
As a donor to Cabrillo College, a history major and one who has taken classes at the college, I‘m deeply disturbed with the possible name change. People are upset that the explorer Juan ...
Founded in 1959, the Aptos-based community college is named after Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who in 1542 became the first European to navigate California’s coast.
Cabrillo College in Aptos plans to consider changing its name amid criticism of the legacy of its namesake, Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel file) ...
And I did a brief Google search suggested by a retired Cabrillo instructor. It seems that in 1959 the state named Highway 1 the Cabrillo Highway, after Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, early explorer who ...
Founded in 1959, the Aptos-based community college is named after Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who in 1542 became the first European to navigate California’s coast.