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2. Maritime history of California - Wikipedia

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   On 23 November 1542, the little fleet limped back down the coast to "San Salvador" (identified as today's Santa Catalina Island, California or Santa Rosa Island) to overwinter and make repairs. There, around Christmas Eve 1542, Cabrillo stepped out of his boat and splintered his shin when he stumbled on a jagged rock.

3. Santa Barbara Island - Wikipedia

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   They raised sheep until departing the island in 1922. The only other individuals to lease the island, before it became part of the national monument in 1938, were by Arthur McLelland and Harry Cupit from 1929 to 1932. [7] In 1852, Charles Melville Scammon, in the brig Mary Helen, hunted northern elephant seals and sea lions on Santa Barbara ...

4. List of shipwrecks of California - Wikipedia

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   A barquentine that was burned and sunk in Catalina Harbor at Santa Catalina Island, for the movie Old Ironsides. SueJac: 14 November 1980 A schooner that ran aground on Casino Point, Santa Catalina Island. USS Stribling United States Navy: January 1937 A Wickes-class destroyer that was sunk as a target off San Pedro. UB-88 United States Navy

5. Channel Islands (California) - Wikipedia

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   The Glass Bottom Boat, which takes place on Santa Catalina Island, is a 1966 romantic comedy starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor. [56] Catalina Caper, which takes place on Santa Catalina Island, is a 1967 beach party/heist movie starring Tommy Kirk and featuring Little Richard. [57]

6. San Esteban (1554 shipwreck) - Wikipedia

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   On 29 April 1554 the ships were nearing Havana when they ran into a severe storm. Three of the ships were blown back to the west and wrecked on the Padre Island sandbars. [6] Only San Andrés escaped. [4] [a] Santa Maria de Yciar sank about 42 miles (68 km) north of the Rio Grande's mouth, where the Mansfield Channel is today.

7. Southern California Bight - Wikipedia

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   Various Native American peoples occupied the lands in and around the Southern California Bight for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. When Spanish explorers arrived in the 16th century the Chumash people occupied the northern coastal region of the bight, as well as the four Northern Channel Islands, [4] and the Tongva (or Gabrieleño) occupied the Los Angeles Basin and ...

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9. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo - Wikipedia

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   Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1497 [1] – January 3, 1543) was a Portuguese maritime explorer best known for investigations of the west coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire.