[2] California an Island on English maps so late as 1709 (H. Moll, "Present State of the World").
[3] Cabrillo's Voyage is reprinted in the Report of the Wheeler Exploring Expedition.
[4] Cape Mendocino. Bancroft ("The Pacific States") thinks the name was given in honor of the viceroy Mendoza.
[5] North-east Passage here, or North-west Passage from the Atlantic side, was a thing firmly believed in by the sailors of all nations.
[6] Drake's Harbor is not satisfactorily identified. Authorities differ. Some, like Admiral Burney, believe the present port of San Francisco to have been Drake's anchorage; others, like Bancroft, maintain this to be wholly improbable, and think Old Port San Francisco, under Point Reyes, was the place. See Fletcher's account, "The World Encompassed," or Bancroft's Monumental History.
[7] Drake's Voyage round the World. A chair made from his ship was presented to the University of Oxford.
[8] The Invincible Armada of Philip II., 1588.
[9] Monterey, literally King's Mountain.
[10] Punta de los Reyes, or Kings' Point.
[11] Began from La Paz.